Reddit mentions of Plano Molding 974 StowAway Organizer Rack,Red

I sort by a combination of color and piece using a three tiered system.

Tier 1 - Small Parts Storage
All of a given piece are put into a drawer at this point. As more drawers are needed, I begin to sort into colors. Once I fill 4 drawers, I move to Tier 2

Tier 2 - Stanley Cases
Most of my brick and plates are in these. Each has ten interchangeable trays so you can reorganize to have a case you can take with you for a given project. I mostly use the 10 compartment model but own a couple of the 25 compartment for things like 1x1 tiles that come in a large number of colors. Once one of the large compartments is full, I move to tier 3.

Tier 3 - Shoebox storage
Each of these holds 6.5 qts of brick which is equivalent to one Pick a Brick case from the LEGO store. If one of these gets filled up, I start a second one.

Most of my collection is sorted this way. I do use these for minifigs and plastic drawers for things like bionicle parts.

Have you seen these?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CRHD6K/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1IK9Y0Y6JAJNI&colid=2SBZVKWK3KMZL&psc=0

Found ones like mine on Amazon. :)

Plano 974
https://www.amazon.com/Plano-Molding-974-StowAway-Organizer/dp/B000CRHD6K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1539004317&sr=8-3&keywords=plano+storage+bin+rack

I actually had to run them through the table saw and shave an 1/8" off each side to get them to fit.

The other bins are Quantums.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07211LTN6/ref=twister_B073G3YMXS?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I have six of these and intend to buy a few more. They're highly customizable and I find the trays being clear to be a major plus (red trays were a problem). My collection is sorted by brick type and color.

I'm an electrical engineer, and I've worked in more than a few labs now, all of which have had slightly different setups. As far as something that scales well, can be easily labelled, and still be grabbed and taken somewhere, I'd have to recommend the Plano 974 series. They have a few different numbers and sizes, but the gist is that they stack, you can get different types of boxes that goes in the slots, and you can easily label the boxes and subdivide them. Need to take stuff somewhere? Grab the boxes you need and take them with. I have some for my own lab, and they're what I've wanted for years.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CRHD6K/