If there is one thing people secretly fear most on moving day, it is not heavy furniture. It is opening a box in the new place and finding broken glasses or a cracked TV screen.
Fragile items and electronics are the things you actually care about: the wine glasses you bring out for guests, the laptop you use to work, the TV you relax with after long days in Los Angeles traffic. At 4US Moving, these are exactly the things we treat most carefully – and the things we see damaged most often when people pack in a rush.
This guide is not a list of fancy products to buy. It is a set of practical, professional habits you can copy from LA movers so your breakable items survive the ride.
Before we get into boxes, paper and padding, there is one idea worth holding in your head while you pack:
Pack for movement, not for photos.
A box that looks neat inside is not automatically a safe box. On the truck that box will:
So the goal is not just “fit everything in”. The goal is: “if I shake this box gently, nothing inside should move.”
If you use that as your test, your fragile items are already much safer.
When a professional crew handles glasses, plates and other breakables, they focus on three things: compression, separation and structure.
You can copy this with very simple materials. You do not need perfect gear, you just need to follow these rules for every fragile box you pack.
The kitchen is where most breakage happens. A few pro habits make a big difference.
When 4US Moving crews pick up a “fragile” box and it feels solid, we already know you gave your items a good chance of surviving the trip.
Wall art and mirrors suffer in LA moves when they are treated like regular flat things. They are not.
You want each framed piece to be unable to slide or rattle inside whatever is holding it.
Electronics are fragile in a different way. They do not shatter like glasses, but they do not like pressure, moisture or sharp impacts.
One of the most common moving problems is not broken electronics – it is lost cables.
Movers like 4US Moving can carry your gear safely, but only you know exactly how you want your setup to look in the new place. Giving yourself clear cable organization is a gift to your future self.
Even the best packed boxes can suffer if they are handled badly. A good moving crew already has habits that protect fragile items, but you can help by:
Professional movers think in terms of loading order. At 4US Moving, boxes with fragile items and electronics are usually placed where they are less likely to be crushed or shift during the drive, and heavy furniture is arranged to support, not press on them.
Sometimes it is easier to avoid a few big mistakes than to try to be perfect.
Try not to:
If a box already looks tired before you even fill it, it is not the place for your favorite wine glasses or your main monitor.
When you think about your next move in Los Angeles, the things that really stress you out are rarely the cheap items. It is the things that would hurt to replace or that you rely on every day.
That is why professional movers put so much attention on fragile items and electronics, and why 4US Moving trains crews to handle them with extra care.
If you:
…you are already doing most of what the pros would do in your place.
The result is simple: moving day is still busy, but unpacking becomes a series of “this survived perfectly” moments, not a list of small disasters.
Start with low-priority items: storage spaces, seasonal clothes, decor, books, and rarely used kitchen items.
For a typical apartment, start 3–4 weeks before moving day. For a larger house, give yourself 4–6 weeks and use our “Complete Moving Checklist for LA & Orange County Residents” as a timeline.
Full-service movers like 4US Moving can bring packing materials, pack entire rooms (especially the kitchen and fragile items), and save you days of work.
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