{"id":5208,"date":"2014-05-01T14:40:35","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T19:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/office-ink.ontimesupplies.com\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2022-08-17T16:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:12:51","slug":"decoding-rubber-band-sizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/decoding-rubber-band-sizes\/","title":{"rendered":"Decoding Rubber Band Sizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Decoding<\/a><\/p>\n

Rubber band sizes are a little confusing, since they don’t seem to follow any rhyme or reason. It’s not like the bigger the number, the bigger the band. So I reached out to the folks at Alliance Rubber Company<\/a>, one of the \u00a0largest manufacturers of rubber bands in the country. Even they didn’t know where the numbers come from.<\/p>\n

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What they could provide is a rubber band size chart\u00a0matching sizes to actual dimensions, as well as tips on the\u00a0best ways to go about choosing your rubber bands. \u00a0The wider the rubber band, the less it stretches and the tighter the hold.<\/p>\n

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Best for\u00a0packaging pliable goods<\/strong><\/a>.<\/td>\nBest for\u00a0fast application and repeat use<\/strong><\/a>.<\/td>\nBest for\u00a0everyday office use<\/strong><\/a>.<\/td>\nBest for\u00a0binding sturdy items<\/strong><\/a>.<\/td>\nBest for\u00a0single applications and\u00a0tight holds<\/strong><\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As for length, choose a rubber band length of about half the circumference of the item(s) you’re banding. \u00a0So, if you are using a rubber band to strap a few file folders together, your rubber band should be about six inches or so. Since rubber bands stretch, it doesn’t have to be exact. But if you have no idea of the circumference of your items, use a string to measure.<\/p>\n

Rubber content is also an important factor in choosing the best rubber bands. It affects everything from tensile strength to how many bands you get in a package. You can find these details and more in the Rubber Band Buying Guide at OnTimeSupplies.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rubber band sizes can be a little confusing, since they don’t seem to follow any rhyme or reason. It’s not like the bigger the number, the bigger the band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7074,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions\/7074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontimesupplies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}