Bubble Wrap and Other Packing Supplies Keep Things Popping

Bubble Wrap Rolls

All of us have received packages in the mail that are packed with bubble wrap or related packing supplies. Most of us will remove the bubble mailers, bubble envelopes, bubble wrap pouches, or bubble wrap envelopes and not rest until every bubble is popped.

Even as children we were fascinated by bubble wrap and similar packing supplies. We may have even used them in the classic egg-dropping experiment to protect an egg from cracking when it was dropped from a high building. The bubbles in bubble wrap provide a natural cushion to keep that which is fragile from breaking even when it is impacted by a huge blow.

Bubble wrap and related packing supplies come in many varieties such as bubble wrap rolls, boxed bubble wrap rolls, as well as the kind of bubble wrap that comes in large bundles. For those situations in which many fragile items need to be shipped, it is good to use bubble-out bags and heavy duty bubble bags. Electronic companies, who often ship fragile products that are vulnerable to ESD (Electro-static discharge), are dependent on anti-static bubble bags, anti-static bubble wrap rolls, anti-static boxed bubble wrap rolls, as well as anti-static large bubble wrap.

Except for packing peanuts, bubble wrap and related packing supplies are still the best way to pack something fragile. They are also one of the cheapest packing methods, provided you have a good bubble wrap supplier.

When to Use a Mailing Tube

Mailing Tubes

The key in any shipping any item is to use packaging that is not going to be a burden to the post office or whatever delivery business that you are using. This can be a problem when the item that you are shipping is wide and thin, such as a poster.

For that item, you could flatten a box, slip it in, and then seal the edges. Unfortunately, wide and flat packages have a way of taking up far too much space and have a tendency to get bent in the shipping process. The best way to ship a poster-sized item is to roll it up and use a mailing tube.

A mailing tube is solid, and they come in many colors besides the traditional brown mailing tubes. There are also white mailing tubes, red mailing tubes, blue mailing tubes, black mailing tubes, gold mailing tubes, yellow mailing tubes, and green mailing tubes. There are also crimped end mailing tubes can be easily sealed by pinching them shot or the tradition version that only requires extra end caps. You may consider using other space saving mailing tubes including triangular mailers and square mailing tubes. They are available for a low price if bought in bulk.