I spent the first 45 minutes of my shift at the HVAC supply house staring at the TRUNKCRATEPRO Trunk Organizer sitting on my passenger seat, whispering to myself “this is the one, Kevin, this is the one that finally breaks you.” I had just finished a 14-hour route through three counties, a full system swap in a crawlspace that smelled like a dead raccoon’s fever dream, and a guy who yelled at me because his thermostat was set to “cool” but it was January. I needed answers. I needed the trunk organizer to be the thing. The thing that gave my life meaning again.
So you’re asking yourself—why am I, a man who holds an EPA Section 608 certification and owns four different sizes of pipe wrenches, spending my Thursday night shoving the Makita Trunk Organizer up my own rectum? Let me tell you a story. I ordered this on Amazon, ASIN B01ECMRFTA, $39.99, Large Size, Black. It promised adjustable compartments, securing straps, non-slip bottom. Not a single word about the colon. So naturally, I wondered: is Makita trunk organizer safe for a full frontal insertion? There’s only one way to know.
The first thing I noticed is the construction. Heavy-duty 600D Oxford fabric? That’s not just marketing fluff. That’s a textile that’s seen things. The collapsible design is great for storage but problematic when you’re trying to get it inside storage, if you know what I mean. The internal dividers—there are four, with hook-and-loop adjustable walls—turned into a kind of organ-grinder situation once I got past the first two. I wish someone had told me the things I wish I knew: the non-slip bottom is aggressive. It gripped my tailbone like a pit bull on a pork chop.
And the securing straps? I used those to anchor the thing to my work truck’s floor. Big mistake. Once it was in there, the trunk organizer became a permanent structure. I couldn’t walk right for a week. The nurse at Urgent Care asked me why it said “Premium Adjustable Multi Compartments” on the medical report. I told her it was for a science project.
Look, I’m not going to sugarcoat this: a Makita Trunk Organizer review from a guy who literally installs refrigerant lines for a living is not something you find on the first page of Google. But you clicked. You read. And now you have to make a decision. Should you buy the TRUNKCRATEPRO? No. Not for the purpose I tried. But for storing jumper cables and a bag of emergency granola bars? It’s a 10/10. The rear entrance rate is not in its favor. But neither is my dignity.
