File Sorters & Organisers

 

A folder in a tray stack is always under two other folders. A folder in a sorter stands upright in its own slot, visible and one motion from your hand - which is the whole argument for this category. The folders themselves are in files and folders.

A step file is one open organiser with a rising floor — folders lean together but each sits higher than the one in front, so all the tabs show. A rack has fixed slots that keep each folder fully separate and vertical. Step files suit one person's working set; racks suit shared or project-based filing.
Count your live folders, not your total folders. A 4-slot triangular rack covers a focused workload, 6 to 8 slots handle a busy desk, and anything beyond that is better split across a rack and an archive shelf — a sorter full of dormant folders defeats its purpose.
The wider-slot racks and the vertical mesh organiser take slim binders, but sorters are really built for manilla folders, document wallets and thin files. Heavier binders are more stable on a shelf with bookends.
Trays are for flat, unfiled paper moving through a process. Once documents live in folders, stacking them flat hides the labels and buries the oldest. Upright storage in a sorter keeps every folder visible and removable without disturbing the rest.

Step, rack or vertical

Step files like the Marbig and Italplast greenR organisers raise each folder slightly higher than the one in front, so every tab reads at a glance. Racks divide harder: triangular racks in 4 and 8 slots, U-shaped 7-slot racks and the Que 6-slot keep each project in its own slot. Esselte's moulded mesh vertical organiser and the Durable sorter handle bigger working sets, and Marbig's folder rack and A4 top-load files round out the range.

Marbig Step File Organiser, 6 Slots - Black AO87301
Marbig Step File Organiser, 6 Slots - Black
$21.99 inc. GST or as low as $19.14
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $21.99
3-9 $20.68
10-23 $20.02
24+ $19.14
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Triangular Black File Rack File Organiser - 8 Slots FPFT75121BK
Okin Triangular Black File Rack File Organiser - 8 Slots
$49.79 inc. GST or as low as $42.33
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $49.79
3-5 $46.31
6-11 $44.32
12+ $42.33
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Durable File Sorter A-Z / 1-31 AO3069280
Durable File Sorter A-Z / 1-31
$126.99 inc. GST or as low as $113.03
QTY inc. GST
1 $126.99
2-4 $120.65
5-9 $116.84
10+ $113.03
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Esselte Moulded Mesh Vertical Organiser File Sorter AO47549
Esselte Moulded Mesh Vertical Organiser File Sorter
$17.99 inc. GST or as low as $15.66
QTY inc. GST
1-4 $17.99
5-9 $16.92
10-23 $16.38
24+ $15.66
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Marbig Step File Organiser, 8 Slots - Black AO87302
Marbig Step File Organiser, 8 Slots - Black
$42.99 inc. GST or as low as $37.41
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $42.99
3-9 $40.42
10-23 $39.13
24+ $37.41
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
OSC U Shaped 7 Slots File Rack Black FPFT74018BK
Okin U Shaped 7 Slots File Rack Black
$33.69 inc. GST or as low as $28.64
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $33.69
3-5 $31.34
6-11 $29.99
12+ $28.64
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Triangular Metal File Rack File Organiser - 8 Slots FPFT75121
Okin Triangular Metal File Rack File Organiser - 8 Slots
$49.79 inc. GST or as low as $42.33
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $49.79
3-5 $46.31
6-11 $44.32
12+ $42.33
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Triangular Black File Rack File Organiser - 4 Slots FPFT75120BK
Okin Triangular Black File Rack File Organiser - 4 Slots
$41.89 inc. GST or as low as $35.61
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $41.89
3-5 $38.96
6-11 $37.29
12+ $35.61
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Marbig Enviro Folder Rack AO86350
Marbig Enviro Folder Rack
$51.75 inc. GST or as low as $46.06
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $51.75
3-5 $49.17
6-11 $47.61
12+ $46.06
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Que-File Stainless Steel File Rack / Organiser - 6 Slots FPFTQ2010
Que-File Stainless Steel File Rack / Organiser - 6 Slots
$54.99 inc. GST or as low as $46.75
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $54.99
3-5 $51.15
6-11 $48.95
12+ $46.75
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Triangular Metal File Rack File Organiser - 4 Slots FPFT75120
Okin Triangular Metal File Rack File Organiser - 4 Slots
$41.89 inc. GST or as low as $35.61
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $41.89
3-5 $38.96
6-11 $37.29
12+ $35.61
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Navy AO9017127
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Navy
$11.95 inc. GST or as low as $10.64
QTY inc. GST
1-11 $11.95
12-23 $11.36
24-47 $11.00
48+ $10.64
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
OSC U Shaped 7 Slots File Rack Metal FPFT74018
Okin U Shaped 7 Slots File Rack Metal
$33.69 inc. GST or as low as $28.64
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $33.69
3-5 $31.34
6-11 $29.99
12+ $28.64
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Marbig Step File Organiser, 8 Slots - Silver AO87305
Marbig Step File Organiser, 8 Slots - Silver
$42.99 inc. GST or as low as $37.41
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $42.99
3-9 $40.42
10-23 $39.13
24+ $37.41
FREE Delivery. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Italplast greenR Step File Organiser Black FPI408E
Italplast greenR Step File Organiser Black
$29.39 inc. GST or as low as $25.28
QTY inc. GST
1-2 $29.39
3-5 $27.34
6-11 $26.46
12+ $25.28
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as today from Auckland. Pick up in 2-4 hours.
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Smoke AO9007102
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Smoke
$11.89 inc. GST or as low as $10.59
QTY inc. GST
1-11 $11.89
12-23 $11.30
24-47 $10.94
48+ $10.59
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Violet AO9017119
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Violet
$11.95 inc. GST or as low as $10.64
QTY inc. GST
1-11 $11.95
12-23 $11.36
24-47 $11.00
48+ $10.64
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Aqua AO9007104
Marbig A4 Top Load Filing Pocket with Cord Closure Aqua
$11.89 inc. GST or as low as $10.59
QTY inc. GST
1-11 $11.89
12-23 $11.30
24-47 $10.94
48+ $10.59
FREE Delivery over $30. Dispatch as early as Monday from Auckland.

Upright beats flat for anything in a folder

Paper you haven't filed yet flows through letter trays. But the moment it goes into a folder, flat stacking turns against you — labels face up where you can't read them, and the folder you want is reliably at the bottom. File sorters store folders the way a library stores books: upright, spine readable, removable one-handed.

Three shapes, one idea

Step files — Marbig's, and Italplast's recycled greenR version — angle a single open bay so each folder sits proud of the one before it. Racks go further and give every folder a wall of its own: triangular metal racks in 4-slot and 8-slot versions, U-shaped 7-slot racks in black and metal, and the Que 6-slot. For bigger working sets there's Esselte's moulded mesh vertical organiser and the Durable file sorter, and Marbig's A4 top-load files in navy, aqua, smoke and violet add the folders to fill it all with — more in files and folders.

Keep it to the live files

A sorter earns its desk space only while everything in it is current. When a folder goes dormant, move it to a storage box and free the slot. That rhythm — tray, sorter, box — is most of what desk filing is. The rest is in desk and file organisers. Free NZ delivery over $30.

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