Glasses storage ideas

Wedgy

I note you mentioned acrylic. As a material its never been that robust and its better to go for the more expensive polycarbonate versions as they can stand up to more wear and tear. For wine we only use real glass and we have travelled thousands of miles with two glasses in a spring clip holder. We do expect casualties so we do have a back up supply which we rarely use!

David 

Write your comments here...Hi David I'm afraid I used the word acrylic in  a generic fashion, our "glasses" are in fact polycabro ate but are still suffering from our poor storage methods. Pete

Morrison's sell a cloth bottle bag which they sell for about 12p each, they hold six bottles or glasses or a mix of both with a bit of bubble wrap or foam, been using ours for 3 years with no breakages. 

That's the type we use, for keeping glasses safe - and also (as featured in Practical Caravan some years ago) for keeping pairs of ladies' shoes in pairs in a  nice tidy way in the space at the bottom of the wardrobe compartment!

Write your comments here...I'll look out for these when next in Morrisons. Pete

Been using the bottle bag for years, we wrap glass in a piece of kitchen role, never had a problem

Wedgy

I note you mentioned acrylic. As a material its never been that robust and its better to go for the more expensive polycarbonate versions as they can stand up to more wear and tear. For wine we only use real glass and we have travelled thousands of miles with two glasses in a spring clip holder. We do expect casualties so we do have a back up supply which we rarely use!

David 

Write your comments here...Hi David I'm afraid I used the word acrylic in  a generic fashion, our "glasses" are in fact polycabro ate but are still suffering from our poor storage methods. Pete

Wedgy

We have three different sizes of two each  polycarbonate which all fit into each other and given that four of the six are getting on a bit now I am surprised how unmarked they are. They just sit on a shelf in one of the lockers. Perhaps the difference is that they might not bounce around as much in a motorhome as they would in a caravan. Although saying that the four originals we actually had when we had a caravan four years ago. Some of the other suggested protection ideas might be a better option for you.

David

On a similar note for the foam or pipe lagging. 

Glasses placed in cupboard upside down and pieces of foam cut to size and fitted between the base of the glass and the top of the cupboard. 

Same as David, we have the better quality 'acrylic' type glasses of different sizes and shapes but they all sit inside each other.  The proper wine glasses fit into the spring clips. All of these are in one cabinet and we've never had a breakage and we're in a caravan. 

We bought large, fairly expensive, acrylic/plastic(not sure what) wine glasses at the caravan show many years ago. They have very wide bases which stop them ever toppling over while in use, which is great - no red wine spillage in a caravan. We, or guests, can even safely put them down on the grass, when sitting outside. They store easily almost anywhere and never break while being washed. I would even use them at home but they would not go in the dishwasher.

Glass wine glasses in the spring clips in the cupboard. (Broken part of the clip but not the glasses)

tall acrylic 'beer' glasses in cardboard carrier they came in stored on matting under the seat, (also in a plastic bag to cut down dust)

tumblers of all shapes and construction wrapped in bubble wrap and T towels assembled in a smallish storage box, again under the seat

breakages usually occur while items are in use

The OH likes real glass wine glasses and tumblers, I don't, not in the van. So far we have had good quality non glass ones This year while we were away she bought a couple of wine glasses they lasted all of 4 days before I broke one drying it, which also gave me a nasty cut to my finger. Of course it was my fault (she said) but I stand by not having real glass in the van. 

By the way OH put the wine glasses singley in socks before standing them in the cupboard at the back, nice and net and they didn't rattle.

 We tried socks ,they were OK when we first set off ,but towards the end of our tour the glasses tended to smell

The OH likes real glass wine glasses and tumblers, I don't, not in the van. So far we have had good quality non glass ones This year while we were away she bought a couple of wine glasses they lasted all of 4 days before I broke one drying it, which also gave me a nasty cut to my finger. Of course it was my fault (she said) but I stand by not having real glass in the van. 

By the way OH put the wine glasses singley in socks before standing them in the cupboard at the back, nice and net and they didn't rattle.

 We tried socks ,they were OK when we first set off ,but towards the end of our tour the glasses tended to smell

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