Customer Reviews for Staples - Economy #16 Rubber Bands, 2-1/2" x 1/16", 500/Pack - Beige
Customer Rating
2
Once Time Use
on October 29, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
I bought these to help with the task of keeping items neat and to reuse over and over again. Sure I expected a few to snap they are rubber bands but I only get a single use out of them. I was hoping for at least 4 uses in the way I am putting them around the items. Alas not so much. Many just snap all have deformed to being unusable on the second attempts to recycle. The other factor was they are too big for what I'm using them for so how they deform so much so quick and still do not have the taught-ness I really require is perplexing. Not all rubber bands are created equally.
I would have bought a large size it there was one with a combination of sizes. The price for your rubber bands is very high! I have been in many Staples stores this store was a mess and the arrangement made no sense at all. No sales floor help. You could wander for an hour with a puzzled look and nobody would notice
Well what can you say except that I needed heavy duty rubber bands with the wider width to package up some paper packets. Most of the time I just reuse the ones from the grocery store or other sources. But definitely glad that I have these. I would have bought ones in bold colors if they had had them.
The size of the rubber bands were perfect for what I needed it for. They are strong and durable. The only thing is the packaging does not give you how many rubber bands are inside the bag. I found that odd. Otherwise everything was fine.
Bought these to hold different items together in my brief case. Didn't know what to expect since it was the first I had encountered such a thing. They worked great! They're stretchy and flexible and hold all kinds of stuff together. Thanks Staples and thank you rubber band people!
These rubber bands are uniform in size and don't seem to break or snap back like some other mixes sizes bag of rubber bands I purchased before. I don't need blue red green and yellow bands just a neutral color rubber band that works and fits the file folders and paper packs that I use them for. A 1/4 lb bag of rubber bands is really a bit much for what I need but if that is the Staples price point for selling these in a small bagged quantity I'll live with it. Quite frankly there is not a lot to comment on about a rubber band until your looking for one and can't locate it