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[my hamster jess]

𝙞 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙨😇

ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵃʳᵉ ᵛᵉʳʸ ⁱⁿᵉˣᵖᵉⁿˢⁱᵛᵉ

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1. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟐𝟎 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐙 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-120-Quart-EZ-Carry-Spicy-Lime/170519408?athcpid=170519408&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS004&athguid=afba9905-007-1726240b6164d0&athancid=null&athena=true

 

This Bin is around 680 sq inches and the height is 15 inches. If your looking for a beginning cage this could be the one!!! It's also really cheap, with a price of 14.98 dollars!!! I would highly recommend it to anyone who's looking for a bin cage for a small hammy!

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2. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞, 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐐𝐭./𝟏𝟖𝟗 𝐋 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐱 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sterilite-200-Qt-189-L-Stacker-Box-Taupe-Splash/475349461?athcpid=475349461&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVUB&athieid=v0&athstid=CS004&athguid=f80ca6d6-006-172625118a978a&athancid=null&athena=true

 

This Bin may just be the best bin you can buy!!! It's 50 gal and has about 838.5 sq inches of foor space!!! The height is 177/8 inches! It's super cheap for how big it is, with a price of 22.98 dollars! I think this could make a great bin cage.

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3. 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟏𝟎𝐪𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐥𝐞

https://www.target.com/p/sterilite-110qt-clear-view-storage-bin-with-latch-purple/-/A-13794501

 

This cage is pretty affordable starring at 17 dollars, but the con is that it's only 612 sq inches of floor space, however, it could work. The height is 125/8  inches which is not really that high. If you have a smaller hamster this cage could work because it's still above the minimum of 450. 

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4. 𝟏𝟎𝟔 𝐐𝐭. 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐱

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sterilite-116-Qt-Ultra-Storage-Box-19908604/204725029

 

This cage is a little smaller than the rest, but it has around 600 sq inches of floor space, which is still over the bare minimum. The height is 13.5 inches and the price is 14.97 dollars. I don't think this is the best option for a bin cage, but it could still give your hammy a proper home!

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I think that the best buy would be either #1 or #2 because they are very big and they are pretty tall. They can make great hammy cages and they are unbelievably cheap compared to a glass tank!!!  

 

 

Edited by my hamster jess, 30 May 2020 - 08:04 AM.

[Robin~]

Hello!

Keep in mind the dimensions you mentioned are the lid dimensions. Bins tend to slope down towards the base, so the dimensions listed are rarely accurate. For example, I have the 200qt bin and know it slopes down to about 34x17.5” at the bottom, which is around 600sq in.

Also, putting emojis in the title can cause issues with notifications, so whenever you get a notification from this topic it cancels all others. I strongly suggest unfollowing your post so you don’t have any issues, and please don’t quote this post.

[Personwithahamster]

I’m SO glad you did a section on bin cages! They’re a GREAT starter cage or even a permanent cage, if large enough. A LOT of people go on the forum looking for cheap, but large cages. I currently have a bin cage and once the IKEA in my area opens, I’m getting the Detolf! Thank you for this!

 

Personwithahamster 

[MerryBB]

The product dimensions are always taken from the longest, widest, and tallest points of the storage bin. Because of the shape and thickness of the lid + the shape of the bin itself, these dimensions cannot be fully accurate to the amount of floorspace your hamster actually has available. This can also depend on where you make the bedding level and "create" the continuous floorspace.

 

- The 200qt Stacker has exactly 34"L x 17"W x 17"H of usable space taken from the very interior bottom. This increases gradually, by degrees, depending on how high you make the bedding. But the increase is very gradual. The most you can get is 36"L x 18"W- but at that point you only have about 7 or 8 inches for a wheel and other taller items.

 

- The 110qt Clearview's very interior bottom dimensions are  26.5"L x 17"W x 12"H (I got confused by the 30"L x 15"W "minimum" spread alongside the 450 sq.in "minimum", whoops) and may increase by degrees as the bedding is made level higher- but the limited height will make that pretty difficult.

 

- The 116qt Ultra is roughly 26.5"L x 17.5"W x 12"H from the bottom (give or take a few degrees of an inch) and- like the 110qt Clearview- likely can't increase by much or allow a wheel and other tall items at its maximum floorspace.

 

I haven't measured the 120qt EZ Carry yet and I can't find any mention of its interior measurements. Usually I double check the Q&A answers from the Sterilite brand customer help account, which takes either digging through hundreds of identical questions or struggling with no questions at all. This was a "struggling with no questions at all situation". But considering the volume & height compared to the Clearview and Ultra Sterilite bins, I can't imagine it could have much more than either of them. And because of the height I imagine it would actually have less interior floorspace than the shorter options with similar volumes.. likely explaining why it isn't a super well known bin cage despite being relatively tall and cheap.

 

This response is a complete downer, sorry all.

 

** because the thread has emojis in the title, liking or quoting this post breaks my notifications for a little bit. No harm no foul- I'm on a laptop so I can just open them in another window until I have enough normal notifications to "cure" it- but I'm just adding this on for future reference.

Edited by RosemaryBB, 30 May 2020 - 08:58 AM.

[livy]

The Sterilite 120qt EZ Carry was the first bin cage I ever used. I recognize that green lid since I had to look at it every day in my living room, haha! It was the largest bin they had at Walmart at the time I went. Once they got the Sterilite 200qt in stock I upgraded. I think the 200qt is a great sized cage even though the measurements are deceiving. It's definitely NOT 838 inches of floor space. As stated above, the measurements at the bottom of the cage are much less. I really recommend it though if anyone is interested in a bin cage! It is only about $23, plus $1.50 for zip ties and $8 for wire mesh, you can make that into a cage for about $35 with tax. 

Edited by livy, 30 May 2020 - 09:41 AM.

[my hamster jess]

ahhh i didnt know about the notification thing!! my bad whoops 

[Rapha689Pro]

The 106 qt bin its 434 sq inches,and if you put some bedding it can increase to 460 sq inches,so I think it’s only fine for dwarfs hamsters and gerbils/mice (also male Syrians if you connect to another cage)

Edit:oh,my bad,it is the 116 qt bin,but it’s still like 480 sq inches,not very big really

Edited by Rapha689Pro, 17 August 2022 - 02:21 AM.