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Choosing your size-guide experience

Real photos vs animation
in self-storage size guides.

Both can explain capacity. Photographed tours also show the interior you offer. Choose the format around the information your customers need before booking.

By Lockstep Spatial · 2 November 2026

First, estimate the size.

An item-based calculator turns a list of belongings into an estimated storage requirement. Lockstep Animated and Lockstep Bespoke both cover that core task.

What follows the estimate is where the experiences differ. Customers may need a familiar size reference, or they may want to inspect the opening, proportions and interior of a unit at your facility.

Animation explains capacity.
Photographs explain your interior.

Lockstep Animated

Size guidance without a photo session.

Use an animated unit to explain the recommended size, with your business name, colour, store prices and multi-site GEO. No empty unit or photographs are needed.

See it in your room: on a compatible phone, customers can place the unit at real size on their floor and explore empty or furnished views. Open “What’s inside?” in the example to try AR.

Try Animated and AR

Lockstep Bespoke

Connect the estimate to your unit.

A tour built using your photographs shows the interior’s appearance, opening and proportions. Customers can explore the empty view and compare virtually added furniture.

Walkthrough videos are included for the units we build, giving your team material for your website, enquiry replies and marketing.

Explore Bespoke tours

Size estimates, furnished views and AR guide the decision; they do not guarantee a packing fit. Check critical dimensions and unusual items separately.

Compare the complete service, not just the visual.

Animated starts at £21.99 per facility per month, before volume or annual discounts. The same rate covers self-storage, container, mobile, business, movers’ and student storage.

Bespoke is quoted for your facility. It brings the calculator, photographed tours and walkthrough videos together, with optional branding and an AI tour guide included. Review your free preview before deciding.

Both subscriptions include setup coordination, maintenance, direct support, analytics and monthly reporting. When comparing total cost, include the build, installation, visual production and ongoing service over the same period.

What has been measured?

Published storage-industry tests give useful context for visual size guidance. They do not establish a measured Lockstep advantage over animation or predict your booking results.

Read the industry evidence

Your next step

Choose the experience
that fits your facility.

Explore the examples, compare the inclusions and tell us what you need your website to explain.

Compare Animated and Bespoke

Before you ask.

Which product should I choose?

Animated gives customers item-based sizing, branded animated units and real-size AR on compatible phones, without unit photographs. Bespoke adds photographed interactive tours and walkthrough videos. Compare pricing and inclusions.

Can I try Lockstep Bespoke before subscribing?

Yes. Review your free preview, then approve it and start your subscription or request a 14-day live trial by email. The trial starts after your approved installation is live and checked. It has no subscription charge or automatic paid conversion. Confirm by email to continue; otherwise we deactivate it. Any agreed switching credit starts with the paid subscription.

What do you need from us?

Animated needs your business name, main colour or website, each store’s name, area and postcode, and prices per size, marked weekly or monthly. Bespoke also needs unit dimensions and photographs; we send the photo instructions. You can enquire before gathering the setup details.

Can you arrange professional photography?

Yes, subject to location and availability. We can arrange a capture partner and quote photography and suitable drone footage separately, with an upfront charge agreed before booking. Interactive facility maps are available only as part of this requested photo-capture package.

What if an agency manages our website?

We provide the embed and coordinate with your website contact. On a page supporting custom HTML, adding the code usually takes a few minutes. Booking-platform placement and any dedicated connections are reviewed first.

Already paid annually for CalcuMate?

Eligible unused annual fees can qualify for a Bespoke switching discount, capped at six months’ worth. We need your invoice and prepaid end date and confirm the payments before you commit. The offer does not automatically apply to Animated. Read the eligibility and worked example.

Does the calculator guarantee everything will fit?

No. Size recommendations, furnished views and AR are guides. Check critical dimensions, oversized items, openings, weight limits where relevant and packing requirements before confirming suitability.

Are branding, AI guidance and GEO included?

Animated includes your business name, main colour and multi-site GEO. Bespoke includes optional operator branding and an optional AI tour guide; multi-site GEO is separately scoped. Both subscriptions include analytics and monthly reporting.

How does “See it in your room” work?

In the Animated example on a compatible phone, open “What’s inside?” and choose “See it in your room.” Place the unit at real size on your floor and explore empty or furnished views. No app or headset is required; camera permission applies. The AR feature uses no cookies and collects no customer data. Separate calculator analytics and enquiries are not covered by that AR statement.

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