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Nice if you can get one for that and the item is as per the description and works perfectly. When I checked on ebay the price including shipping but without taxes is 100e to me, and the Aliexpress one's 32e is the delivered price. If it doesnt work, I'll just send it back and nothing lost.
I'll post back how the budget option works when it arrives. I've used dymo, brady and other kit to compare it against.
I'll post back how the budget option works when it arrives. I've used dymo, brady and other kit to compare it against.
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I just bought a used "perfect" one on Ebay, £85. I hate you lot. Even more when I looked at the price for heatshrink! 
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Ali heat shrink 5 rolls arrived today and prints great
I have a good assortment of label types now. All genuine and cheap ebay auctions bar the ali heat shrink tube
I was most interested in the clear labels. White or black text for my new to me rollcab. See top edge of top drawer labels below -
I settled on bold text and on the gold edge like below
Neat, unobtrusive and yet ill be able to see the contents of each drawer clearly labelled.
I have a good assortment of label types now. All genuine and cheap ebay auctions bar the ali heat shrink tube
I was most interested in the clear labels. White or black text for my new to me rollcab. See top edge of top drawer labels below -
I settled on bold text and on the gold edge like below
Neat, unobtrusive and yet ill be able to see the contents of each drawer clearly labelled.
Well as promised here you go, here's what 36e gets you. A orange labeller that runs off batteries or usb power, a handbook I only read after taking all these pictures that actually does contain some useful info on how to set margins etc properly & a reel of flat adhesive tape handy for making a test print label with which I wont use very often as I have a little dymo for flat tape.
To change label rolls you have to take the back off, and just swap it, no fancy doors to lift for just the label exchange.
Here's a heatshrink roll I got from a different aliexpress supplier in a bulk package.
As for heatshrinks, its good enough for me, this isnt shrank on yet because I needed to do it in situ so it was somewhere visible, but when I did do it, its neat and well shrank. I used a handheld battery heat gun but a hairdryer or soldering iron wafted near it probably would work fine too. Note I didnt read the manuals on margin setup, which is why its not centrered.
So its not a posh unit in a nice case, but for my use case its fine and uses cheap consumables. I havent ran it on batteries yet, but it runs fine off a usb battery bank which is easier for me.
To change label rolls you have to take the back off, and just swap it, no fancy doors to lift for just the label exchange.
Here's a heatshrink roll I got from a different aliexpress supplier in a bulk package.
As for heatshrinks, its good enough for me, this isnt shrank on yet because I needed to do it in situ so it was somewhere visible, but when I did do it, its neat and well shrank. I used a handheld battery heat gun but a hairdryer or soldering iron wafted near it probably would work fine too. Note I didnt read the manuals on margin setup, which is why its not centrered.
So its not a posh unit in a nice case, but for my use case its fine and uses cheap consumables. I havent ran it on batteries yet, but it runs fine off a usb battery bank which is easier for me.
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Scissors....
How much was that?Never mind, ordered one
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For the heat shrink - is there a specific cartridge for that or can you load your own in for printing onto? I imagine it really needs to be white shrink for black print text is that correct?
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That older one was £79 used then I cancelled it on ebay and went for a used 5200 instead which was also listed cheaper and with a carry case for £50
But if you set the margins like the fine manual tells you how to, you dont waste a tiny bit of each precious tube cutting it off each print... Yes I am tightfisted.
The orange 36 euro one came from ali express if its not clear. They are generic copies with different brand labels on permanent special offer apparently, and I see it uses the same consumables as the genuine rhino units, which are also all over ali express.
If you mean the labels, theyre also cheaper on aliexpress... https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005583009384.html
22e for a 5 pack of heatshrink, white but also widely available in jaundice yellow. Different diameters too if you search round of course.
22e for a 5 pack of heatshrink, white but also widely available in jaundice yellow. Different diameters too if you search round of course.
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