Garage Storage Systems Guide

A Look at The Different Sports Organizers for the Garage

Sports gear items such as baseball bats, helmets, footballs, soccer balls, golf clubs – these types of items can clearly create clutter in a garage if they are loose and have no “place to go”.

The good news is that loose sports gear can easily be organized with a few simple items. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular options for organizing storage gear in the garage with what’s called a sports rack.

Rubbermaid offers a large storage box (which they call a Sports Gear Storage Station), with a solid top and a netted bottom and sides, for easy access to various items inside and the ability to place items securely on top. The Rubbermaid Sports Storage Station offers a decent amount of space at 36 inches by 36 inches by 18 inches. It also contains molded plastic in which common sports items will neatly fit into. It requires no special tools to assemble and runs $30-50 US.

The Sports Great Storage Station by Rubbermaid is recommended for those who have a lot of misc. sports gear they need to organize. This is also a popular item for kids sports gear as the molded plastic helps kids store the items properly and the see-through mesh makes storing balls and other smaller items easy, as well as making them easily findable.

For the adults who play golf, items such as Golf Racks and Golf Organizers work wonders for keeping clubs and associated items organized and clean. On the bargain end, a simple wall mounted golf rack will allow a golf bag with clubs, balls, etc to hang from the wall, keeping it off the garage floor and making it easily accessible. More elaborate items qualify as Gold Organizers and offer space for one or more players to store the bags, clubs, balls, cleaning materials, golf shoes, and other associated items. Golf Organizers usually offer a large space to secure the bag and clubs and then a series of shelves and racks for smaller items. Many are solidly made and can be considered a nice piece of furniture in their own right. Accordingly, the price tag reflects this and start at $100 to $200.

In the same vein as Rubbermaids  ports Gear Storage Solution, another great option for organizing sports gear in the garage is using a specially designed bench that opens up and allows for gear to be storage inside. Sports Benches create a space that children can easily access, store, and retrieve their sports items. Additionally, it doubles as a bench to sit on. The biggest hurdle with a storage item like this is the tendency to place other items on top of it, which then makes the items inside inaccessible. For an item that costs only $20-30, limited utiltiy can be expected!