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I was really excited when my Puzzle Storage for Upto 1000 Pieces arrived. I've recently gotten back into jigsaw puzzles, and with only limited space with which to work in, I was desperate to find something that would allow me to work on my puzzles, and store them safely out of the way the rest of the time. The Puzzle Storage for Upto 1000 Pieces fails in many areas. Firstly, you need a huge area in which to lay this thing out properly --- it did not fit at all on our small(ish) dining table. The reason is that when open, one side of the case serves as the area to work on the puzzle, whilst the other side serves as a "sorting" area with separate compartments for the puzzle pieces. Great idea, sure, but not at all practical for a small dining table. You need an area of about 44 x 30 inches in which to set this thing our properly. Unfortunately, that's not the only problem. The board itself has a surface that is extremely slippy. I can imagine it would be difficult to pick up individual pieces from such a surface, and the jigsaw puzzle itself would slide around very easily. There are no raised edges to this board, so a lot of care would need to be taken not to cause the entire puzzle to go sliding onto the floor. The case itself did not seem a very practical means of transporting or storing a jigsaw puzzle. Unless you can keep it completely flat, an uncompleted jigsaw puzzle is going to fall apart as soon as you attempt to carry it by the carry handles. It seems strange to me that the case was even designed to be carried this way due to a puzzle clearly not being likely to stay together when moved in this position. Also, I dread to think what would happen to all those jigsaw pieces that you would have spent time sorting into the separate compartments. There's no lid or anything to hold them securely in their compartments, and in order to close the case --- how is anyone meant to do this with the compartments full of jigsaw pieces? Lowering the "lid" would cause all of the pieces to fall out of the compartments. Therefore, this is hardly a practical transport or storage solution as you'd still need to find somewhere to keep your puzzle pieces (or have them just fall all over the place inside the case). I was not happy with this product at all, and am returning it immediately back to Amazon. Although it's a lot more expensive, I am now looking into buying a "Jigsort" --- this looks far more practical and efficient. I hope it will suit my needs better than the Puzzle Storage for Upto 1000 Pieces did.