How to Reduce Your Costs with On Demand Bubble Wrap
Save on Shipping and Storage Costs with On Demand Bubble Wrap
One of the most important roles of packaging is to ensure your product reaches its destination without being damaged. To protect fragile items in transit, you have several options. One of the most popular is bubble wrap, which has two different types, pre-inflated and fill on demand. In this article, we look at which type is the best for keeping your costs as low as possible.
Pre-inflated vs. on demand bubble wrap
Bubble wrap combines plastic material and air pockets to cushion products and absorb shocks during the shipping process in order to prevent damage. It accomplishes this protection through hundreds of evenly spaced little air pockets. Both pre-inflated and on demand bubble wrap will be effective if used correctly when packing your product.
The primary difference between these two types of bubble wrap is that one is produced offsite and is already inflated while being transported and stored, and the other is created and inflated at your facility, requiring less space for storage and transportation.
The more cost effective option
Both pre-inflated and on demand bubble wrap provide excellent bracing and product protection. But using a bubble wrap machine to create and fill your own wrap is a much more economical option than purchasing pre-filled wrap.
- Lower your storage and shipping costs– By inflating your own material on-site when you need it using a bubble wrap machine, you require significantly less storage space for your packaging supplies. Plus, the dimensional weight and resulting costs of shipping those materials are lower, because they take up less space. For example, it only takes a pallet of unfilled material to match an entire semitruck trailer of pre-filled bubble wrap.
- Customize protection to match your needs– With a bubble wrap machine, you can control how many bubbles are created and how much they are inflated, allowing your wrap to offer more or less protection as needed. That way, you can adapt your bubble wrap material to various packaging configurations and product sizes. For example, a delicate ceramic item might use smaller, tighter air bubbles, while a bigger electronic device would benefit from larger bubbles with a higher air to plastic ratio.
- Tightly control how much material you use– When you use on demand bubble wrap, you’re creating the exact amount of material required for your packaging and can avoid wasting excess packaging that adds to the costs of your operation.
Why Pay to Ship and Store Air?
Greater control at your fingertips with a bubble wrap machine
With a bubble wrap machine from Pioneer, you gain precise control over your packaging operation and costs. Compared to pre-filled material, on demand wrap takes up little storage until you need it, you’re able use the exact amount of material required, and you can customize your packaging for specific types of products to adequately protect your fragile items.
If you want to save on shipping and storage costs, then contact Pioneer to start using a bubble wrap machine and on demand bubble wrap today!