The box is the same size, as it should be, maybe a little bit too small in diameter, because you have already slightly along bend the PP strap to fit in. But he wackdelt maybe there around, the box is as small as possible in order to take up as little space in any bags, as necessary. Shock resistant and dimensionally stable, it is also, therefore, a much better protection for the PP as the bag that came with the PP, which is by the way much too small.