How much stuff can I fit in a 10x10 storage unit?

A 10x10 storage unit holds a one-bedroom apartment: queen bed, dresser, sofa, dining table with chairs, plus 50 to 80 boxes alongside the furniture. Empty, you can stack up to 150 medium boxes floor to ceiling. That's 800 cubic feet, well beyond what one dorm room produces. A solo student loading just a bed, mini-fridge, and a dozen boxes wastes about half the space. Three roommates pooling gear into a 10x10 at $130 to $200 a month pays $45 to $70 each plus the U-Haul. For one student's load, a per-item service like Storage Scholars at about $13 per item monthly typically beats that math and skips the truck entirely.