Sonos Packaging and Sustainable Approach to Design (Concluded)

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It’s funny how coincidences occur….

In a recent thread regarding the Sonos Move 2 one participant indicated that they were disappointed in the fact that the cloth bag included with the original Move is no longer part of the packaging with the Move 2. I commented that Sonos like many companies are moving toward a more environmental friendly packaging concept with the use of recycleded materials and eliminating packing contents deemed unnecessary (i.e the cloth bag for the Move). Another member commented how they had made use of the cloth bag with the original Move and felt it was a “climate friendly part of the boxing since it’s the only thing that could really be reused”.

Well, the question(s) of the cloth bag being useful for packaging, other uses or not; may soon be answered in the Sonos Live Q&A on September 28, 2023_11am PDT (10am MDT / 9am CDT / 8am EDT) regarding Sonos’ packaging unboxing experience and sustainable approach to design. If you opted to receive email communications from Sonos you’re probably already aware of the event. If not...you are now 😊

I’m looking forward to the session even though I may not be able to participate “live”. Would be interesting to get your opinion posted in this thread regarding your thoughts.

Side Note: The email announcement (IMO) shows the best picture of the Move 2 (in green) and its redesigned charging base. Kind of ironic that the Move was show-cased in the announcement email (versus the Era 300 or 100) given the body of this thread regarding the “cloth bag”. Then again it could be because the Move 2 is the latest Sonos product to be introduced. 🤔

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Just thought I post pictures of the condition of the packaging my new Move 2’s arrived in to illustrate how important package design is to the shipped product. BTW the cloth bag would have had no effect to minimize the damage you’ll see in the pictures to follow. As I have said the cloth bag (to me) was more of an Ooo...Ahhh factor.

To be fair...the Move 2’s are packaged in a white stocking-like material which seems to be part of Sonos packaging moving forward. It’s just not as elaborate as the previous Move’s cloth bag.

As you can see in the pictures below the ship packaging (over boxing) sustained damage in transport

The damage didn’t stop at the ship packaging as it transferred to the Sonos Move 2 main outer packaging as well

The Move 2 packaging consists of several components. The inner packaging component that sustained damage was the box containing the Charging Ring. But as you can see the impact sustained by the ship packaging and Sonos main packaging dissipated as the impact moved inward.

The only indication of an impact to the inner packaging is a slight crease in the box containing the Charging Ring

To conclude (IMO) Sonos packaging engineers are doing a great job to ensure Sonos products arrive in excellent condition to the consumer; even when exposed to package mis-handling by the small package carrier (in this case FedeEx). The packaging obviously absorbed the energy of the impact to dissipate and distribute it evenly. Keep in mind that all components of the engineered packaging act congruently to support the overall package strength and integrity.

Now..,I need to test drive my new Sonos Move 2’s 😎😂

NOTE: Sonos Sales, Customer Service, Sonos Packaging Design and/or Community Moderators feel free to share this information with FedEx!

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