Customer Reviews for Staples - QuickStrip EasyClose Self Seal Security Tinted #10 Business Envelopes, 4 1/8" x 9 1/2", 500/Box - White
Customer Rating
3
Little Thin But Works
on January 13, 2014
Posted by: Paula K.
I just finished up an old box of Staples private label #10 envelopes which were much heavier and better quality than these. But I am finding that all #10 envelopes are getting thinner and that manufacturers are also making the flaps smaller to the point where the self-seal adhesive strip will actually stick to the contents instead of the envelope. So that was one of the first things I checked while in the Staples store and sure enough this adhesive strip is placed far enough up the flap that unless the envelope is stuffed the glue strip does reach to the other side of the envelope. When I am mailing a stuffed envelope I simply leave the self seal strip on the adhesive and just tape the flap to the envelope. I do not run these through a printer so am not sure if these will easily jam.
The self seal ends about 1/2 inch in from the side edges of the envelope flap. This makes them prone to tearing and being damaged by Post Office handling systems. I normally have to add scotch tape at the ends of the flap to avoid that. Self seal should be for the entire width of the envelope flap.
Economical security envelopes save you from having to wet the flap to seal. Just peel the strip and it seals. I was concerned whether these would go through our inkjet printer but they do just fine. So you can enter your addresses into the computer and print directly on the envelopes.