I put mine in a big rubber made box full of leaves and dirt, or trashbags with the same contents. It's worked for me, but one time I ended up having a pair of pants fall apart on me shorly after taking them out of storage. Not sure what happened, but I'm thinking maybe there was some sort of insect in there eating the fabric? I'd already tossed them out when I thought of it, or I would have put them under my son's micorscope.