At first glance, the YouCopia StoraLid organizer appears to be nothing more than a basic plastic tray. It’s in the details where this little lifesaver earns its precious piece of real estate in my small kitchen.
The small, medium, and large Storalid organizers each come with five tabbed dividers that readily snap into place along the slotted sides. (You can also buy an extra-large, expandable StoraLid with eight dividers if you routinely store awe-inducing amounts of food.)
Lids are placed into the organizer standing on end rather than stacked flat on top of each other, which allows you to see and reach more lids at once. You can sort your container tops into whatever customized subdivisions you choose, then reposition dividers as needed to continually reconfigure your system so that it always works best for you.
My desire to achieve maximum levels of organizational perfection, though, is moderate at best. I make half-hearted attempts at keeping like lids with like, and usually I take a minute or two every weekend to give my StoraLid organizer a once-over.
What I appreciate much more about the dividers is how they help compress my container lids snugly against one another—even when different-size lids are randomly grouped together between dividers—eliminating the risk of loose-lid spillage.
If you don’t have enough lids to create that compression, though, don’t worry. The bottom of the StoraLid organizer features a trough-like center channel that corrals lids to prevent them from jostling around. This feature is specifically designed to keep round lids in place, but I’ve found that it can help square and rectangular lids stay put as well.
