I use rubber bands every single day at the office. The # 19 rubber bands are my favorite size for many different reasons! They are the perfect size for file folders and stacks of paper because they are plyable enough to hold everything together without making the stack or folders "roll" they keep everything nice and neat and flat. They also work really well if you need to secure smaller items because they can be doubled or trippled over without difficulty! I have and will continue to order the staples brand as well they are very good quality.
These are good rubber bands. Thicker than just your normal bands but not so heavy that they will not stretch. We stretched these around a pumpkin and they did not break. LOTS of Rubber bands in this bag.
This size is my favorite. It has good stretch to it already so when I'm putting around a large stack of papers it won't make them curl up in the middle. It's not so thin that it breaks as soon as you use it. Also it can be used again & again without losing it's shape. I work in a print shop & it's always the size I go to first. It's a great product at a great price.
My company manages all of the parking for the University of Michigan. Since we use various parking permits of varying amounts all torn off stubs and bound together with rubber bands. I have tried many types of rubber bands for this purpose since we need fairly strong rubbers bands because of the need to keep the tickets in order and to be used over and over again. Of course we also use them for bank deposits and to bind stubs to return to the university. I would recommend the Economy #32 Rubber Bands for this purpose. That do not break easily and are sold at Staples at a reasonable price.
HI We have purchased 20 + bags this year. Out of them 3 bags were very brittle or broke when stretched. I would say that heat was the problem either in shipping or storage. Being in Phoenix and Arizona heat is a problem especially with rubber bands.