diff --git a/ItemList.php b/ItemList.php
index af3f9fbc..c67a5e75 100644
--- a/ItemList.php
+++ b/ItemList.php
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ public function compare($itemA, $itemB)
             return 1;
         } elseif ($itemA->getVolume() < $itemB->getVolume()) {
             return -1;
-        } else {
+        } elseif ($itemA->getWeight() !== $itemB->getWeight()) {
             return $itemA->getWeight() - $itemB->getWeight();
+        } else if ($itemA->getDescription() < $itemB->getDescription()) {
+            return 1;
+        } else {
+            return -1;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ItemListTest.php b/tests/ItemListTest.php
index ee332ca0..b3198c7f 100644
--- a/tests/ItemListTest.php
+++ b/tests/ItemListTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * @package BoxPacker
  * @author Doug Wright
  */
-
 namespace DVDoug\BoxPacker;
 
 use DVDoug\BoxPacker\Test\TestItem;
@@ -16,19 +15,34 @@ class ItemListTest extends TestCase
     function testCompare()
     {
 
-        $box1 = new TestItem('Small', 20, 20, 2, 100, true);
-        $box2 = new TestItem('Large', 200, 200, 20, 1000, true);
-        $box3 = new TestItem('Medium', 100, 100, 10, 500, true);
+        $item1 = new TestItem('Small', 20, 20, 2, 100, true);
+        $item2 = new TestItem('Large', 200, 200, 20, 1000, true);
+        $item3 = new TestItem('Medium', 100, 100, 10, 500, true);
 
         $list = new ItemList;
-        $list->insert($box1);
-        $list->insert($box2);
-        $list->insert($box3);
-
-        $sorted = [];
-        while (!$list->isEmpty()) {
-            $sorted[] = $list->extract();
-        }
-        self::assertEquals(array($box2, $box3, $box1), $sorted);
+        $list->insert($item1);
+        $list->insert($item2);
+        $list->insert($item3);
+
+        $sorted = iterator_to_array($list,false);
+        self::assertEquals(array($item2, $item3, $item1), $sorted);
+    }
+
+    function testDifferentItemsSameDimensions()
+    {
+
+        $item1 = new TestItem('Item A', 20, 20, 2, 100, true);
+        $item2 = new TestItem('Item B', 20, 20, 2, 100, true);
+        $item3 = new TestItem('Item A', 20, 20, 2, 100, true);
+        $item4 = new TestItem('Item B', 20, 20, 2, 100, true);
+
+        $list = new ItemList;
+        $list->insert($item1);
+        $list->insert($item2);
+        $list->insert($item3);
+        $list->insert($item4);
+
+        $sorted = iterator_to_array($list,false);
+        self::assertEquals(array($item1, $item3, $item2, $item4), $sorted);
     }
 }