Customer Reviews for Staples - Economy #32 Rubber Bands, 3" x 1/9", 225/Pack - Beige
Customer Rating
5
Lots of Streach
on January 2, 2013
Posted by: Paula K.
I make a nut cracker for shelling all types of nuts specially pecans since I have about 30 pecan trees in my yard. This year we had a lot of rain during the summer and I have pecans every where by the thousands. These rubber bands are used like springs on the pecan cracker. If I need more power I just add more rubber bands. This particular rubber band is just right for this purpose. I can crack and shell a pint of shelled nuts in about 30 minutes using these rubber bands. They seem to hold their elasticity over a long period of time and do not seem to go bad over a short period of time like some rubber bands I have tried in the past.
I've used these rubber bands for years (not too thin and not too wide) and find that they are very versatile. They are great for securing my Daily Minder or for keeping a group of 4 X 6 notebooks in one neat package. I can slip pencils or pens beneath the rubber band to keep them handy.
I use this product for bundling my projects my mail and I have many other uses for the product. Such as securing my "so called security wallet" which is supposed to prevent people from obtaining my credit card information. The reason I use this product on my wallet is because the wallet which is metal keeps opening up and everything inside tends to fall out and being hard of hearing I don't know when that happens. Other uses for this product include keeping things rolled up like blueprints art work and stuff like that.
Common old used rubber bands acquired from the post office are often tired and dirty; unpleasant to use. They will leave stains on your envelopes and break at the most inoportune times; leaving you to play 52 (or however many items you were trying to corral) pick up. Then too second hand rubber bands come in substandard sizes colors and stretch limits. Some are skinny pieces of cheap plastic instead of honest rubber contruction. Staples bag of rubber bands are a uniform color size and strength. These are just the very best rubber bands I have found! I advise everyone to try them.
I was shopping for miscellaneous office supplies while I was picking up some HP inkjet cartridges and Staples copy paper. I was looking for some binder clips when I saw the display next to them that had various rubber band sizes. I like this size for a number of reasons. They are great for putting letters from the same senders into one package. Also very handy for packing Christmas Presents into one box. But the reason I use them the most is for photography. I make my own flash attachments and these are the perfect size to hold them on the flash.