I always only buy a half dozen, we don't eat eggs often and 6 are plenty around my house. I love the way it looks and it would be much easier to find a spot for this in the fridge! It looks super cool, but it doesn't look too safe, though. Wouldn't want to carry that in my shopping basket...

Maybe if it had an additonal plastic clamshell around it, but that would be defeating the purpose...

I would love to buy eggs by the half dozen, but rarely see them in that size. It's very common to see six-egg packages in Europe.

This is a nifty design but to be practical, it would need some kind of sleeve to protect the sides of the eggs. Guaranteed, if I were carrying those home, they'd smack into other things in the shopping bag. That said, this design does look like it would hold the eggs more securely than the standard egg box, if only there were something around the outside.

i think it's neat. (and i also only ever buy a half-dozen at a time as I'm generally only cooking for myself.).
X-designs have a tendency to be very strong, so i don't doubt that it'd be god in transit from farm to store when all like-sized & -shaped items are packaged together, but i'm not sure how well it'd hold up in a standard cloth grocery bag.

"Claims" they are protected in transit? I'm going to have to see some independent data on that one.

i love it. as a 1/2 dozen at a time buyer, it makes sense to me. plus i am not one to just throw my eggs into a bag even with conventional cartons. so i don't see this as being any more of a hazard.

You used to be able to separate the old paper pulp type egg containers into two sections. I think they should bring that type of container back as there are so many single person households.

You have to baby the eggs no matter how they are packaged. I think it would look cool in my fridge and I love that they are packaged in a 1/2 dozen (I usually only buy them for baking). I'd buy it!

Actually I don't find it silly at all as long as it is able to be handled. How many of us open the crate of eggs every time we buy them to check if there are any cracked? 4 boxes later you find one that is good to buy. This would save time. If they break in transit, you'll know it right away. LOL

Half a dozen is a popular size in downtown grocery stores, because many people don't have the space. That being said, that design might be sturdy enough to protect eggs for customers, but not the handling at the warehouse or in the store. Beautiful, but impractical.

A paperegg cartons is already made from what is highly eco-friendly post consumer recycled paper that while not recyclable (it's already been recycled several times) it can be composted and repurposed. I just don't see the point of this.

Kaboombox is right about the material. There is no argument to change the box for material reasons.

Apart from that this new box is not safe at all. Who wants to transport this box with other goods in a bag?!
If the top isn´t fixed well (on one side) this will create a great disaster.

This is everything else but good product design. All the broken eggs and dirty boxes will create more waste - organic one and money.

Love the design but where's the practicality and function? Really...I dnn't care how *cool* my eggs look in the fridge. I just want them to arrive there all in one piece.

QUOTE: Claims" they are protected in transit? I'm going to have to see some independent data on that one.

ditto that
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eggs are most vulnerable to breakage laterally, so their weakest point is exposed here. the packaging looks very cool and pretty, but you have to consider the contents.