Decent bubble wrap - where to buy?

ailey

Can anyone give me any advice on where to purchase decent bubble wrap please? My last purchase from an EBay seller who sell heaps of postal items etc was incredibly poor and I foolishly purchased 100 metres of it as I've used this seller before for purchasing postage bags and they were fine. It kept bursting as I was wrapping items so not much good for protection during transit.

I require small and large bubble wrap.

charlies_mum

Try checking if you have a packaging company locally. I source all my bubble, boxes and tape from one near me.

theonlywayisup

Macro Packaging and ODL.

TKPeters

We only use Sealed Air "Air Cap" Bubble Wrap & our preferred seller is Soundswholsesale.com & the delivery will come from Office Depot.

We buy 4 rolls of Large Bubble 750mm x 50m for £54.99 delivered; http://goo.gl/Qan8Db
or £55.99 on their eBay shop; http://goo.gl/GrjL9h

along with Small Bubble Wrap 500mm x 100m 6 rolls for £54.99 delivered; http://goo.gl/lM12Du
or £58.99 on their eBay shop; http://goo.gl/6WTNpM

This is our monthly usage, although we don't have the space to store more of it & we have been looking at the Sealed Air "New Air" system, although the £125pm machine rental + £155 per roll is more than we can justify for a bubble wrap machine

theonlywayisup

TKPeters wrote: »

We only use Sealed Air "Air Cap" Bubble Wrap & our preferred seller is Soundswholsesale.com & the delivery will come from Office Depot.

We buy 4 rolls of Large Bubble 750mm x 50m for £54.99 delivered; http://goo.gl/Qan8Db
or £55.99 on their eBay shop; http://goo.gl/GrjL9h

along with Small Bubble Wrap 500mm x 100m 6 rolls for £54.99 delivered; http://goo.gl/lM12Du
or £58.99 on their eBay shop; http://goo.gl/6WTNpM

This is our monthly usage, although we don't have the space to store more of it & we have been looking at the Sealed Air "New Air" system, although the £125pm machine rental + £155 per roll is more than we can justify for a bubble wrap machine

We used to use Promorecordsltd, their sister (same?) company but were let down several times. Perhaps buying on eBay will give a bit more time protection.

TKPeters

Yes PromoRecords & SoundsWholesale are the same company & we've only had a delay issue with tape.
The bubble wrap when we order it in bulk, comes next day from Office Direct via UPS.

ailey

Thanks everyone for your advice. It's always good if someone has used an item or a particular company before. I'll check those ones out. Very much appreciated!

theonlywayisup

TKPeters wrote: »

Yes PromoRecords & SoundsWholesale are the same company & we've only had a delay issue with tape.
The bubble wrap when we order it in bulk, comes next day from Office Direct via UPS.

We used them for bubble. Never bought tape from them. But it's the bubble we were let down on. Perhaps because it was too much for the carrier in one go, they did always moan....

ailey

theonlywayisup wrote: »

We used them for bubble. Never bought tape from them. But it's the bubble we were let down on. Perhaps because it was too much for the carrier in one go, they did always moan....

It was decent quality though, was it? I couldn't understand why they even bothered to manufacture the stuff I bought when it burst on contact! It wasn't any cheaper either than the Aircap that I priced tonight from the Sounds Wholesale Ltd link above. I'll get some ordered over the weekend.

theonlywayisup

ailey wrote: »

It was decent quality though, was it? I couldn't understand why they even bothered to manufacture the stuff I bought when it burst on contact! It wasn't any cheaper either than the Aircap that I priced tonight from the Sounds Wholesale Ltd link above. I'll get some ordered over the weekend.

What came was OK, not great (or their usual quality) but it was as if they were rationed. We now use Macro and get one order in a single delivery.