[TheRobb]

Get either a large multidrawer "portable" chest, or get a combination cabinet/chest set.

You can buy a cheap 100 dollar combo chest and cabinet set from Sears... it will work ok. Its not portable, though.
Cheap tool chests work just fine, if you rarely use teh tools and never move the chest.
When you start moving the chest around, is where you need heavy duty and quality.

There is no secret to tool chests.
What you get is proportional to what you spend.
But general things to remember with chests...
2 kinds of drawers. Friction and bearing.
(this is the surface the slides move across, when opening an closing). bearings are better and stronger, cost alot more.
Also consider how the drawers latch when closed. Cheapest sets, like the 100 dollar Craftsman combo chest/cabinet I have at home, has NO catch on the drawers. They just slide closed.
Step up some money, you get drawers that sorta "lock" into place when closed. Step up even more, and you get drawers that have a handle that disengages the lock, when the handle is lifted. (at this level of quality, you are normally talking about bearing drawer slides, and 500 bucks).

If you want a good quality non-bearing unit... Kennedys are awesome. They are built of heavy gauge steel, and last forever.. probably a best buy for the price. Circa 400 bucks, but they are the step below the pro level stuff like Snap-On, Mac, etc.
They are the industry standard for machinist tool chests. (the other standard, is the handcrafted wood units made in england, but those are for precision minded machinists).

Dont buy tool truck tools. (mac, matco, snapon).
They are good, but its wasted money for a home user.
They are tools for people that bend wrenches 8 hours a day in a garage. Not someone that uses their tools an hour a week at most.
The tools I recommend, will last the rest of your life, probably never break unless you severly abuse them, and are decent deals for the price. Definately "higher cost" for things you find in local stores, but still cheaper then Proto, Williams, Armstrong (industrial tools sold through MSC, Grainger, and McMaster-Carr), which you usually have to mail order.

BTW... Stanley was never too good, quality wise...
but they are coming out with higher and higher quality tools.
Their new lines of "contractor grade" wood working tools, are good quality at decent prices. What I am currently recommending for wood working tools....