I had a colleague who thought you had to ship something in original packaging if you needed to send something to get it repaired under warranty... He had so many boxes...
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I usually hold onto the box of anything I buy brand new for about three months. After that you can get rid of it.
Electronics either work or they don't, there is seldom anything in between.
If your device doesn't fail or develop problems within a month or two, then it will last the warranty period and much longer if you take care of it.
I just hang onto the box for two or three months just to be sure.
The only other reason to hang onto the box is if you plan on reselling the device in a year or two. It's a lot easier to resell for top dollar or a higher price if your device is clean, undamaged, has original manuals and the original box.
My wife get so annoyed at my boxes
My parents used to feel the same way.
When we moved we cleared out our closet of tech boxes. Found a few accessories and whatnot still in there. Consolidated down to just a few boxes to hold accessories and documentation. Now we’re slowly building the collection again, but we’re better than before. (Mostly because having a kid cut our disposable income quite considerably).
Aren't green bins usually for yard waste and food scraps?
My town uses blue (normally recycling) for trash.
We have blue for trash and blue with a yellow lid for recycling
Day one I toss the box as soon as I see it turns on, I don't have spare room for boxes
Can't speak for the switch 2 but for my switch I still have the box and use it every time I pack up and stay in an air bnb or something