Re: NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler?

[Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com>]

I bought the Brady BMP21 handheld labeler from Frys about a month ago.
It takes 6x AA batteries i believe. You can buy the power cable and
case for it if you want. I love it so far.

-mike



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On Aug 21, 2012, at 18:29, Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us> wrote:

> On 8/21/12 6:10 PM, Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > Many moons ago I worked in a place where we had a Brady LS2000 wire
> > labeler.  So long as the supplies were fresh it was great.
> >
> > In the storage unit I have a Brady TLS2200.  Supplies are expensive,
> > but it works reasonably well.  Unfortunately the battery is shot
> > (gotta replace that).
> >
> > It seems to me that as cheap as the Brother P-Touch type labelers have
> > gotten that there might be some product by (Brady|Dymo|Brother|etc)
> > that everyone uses and recommends these days which is (a) cheap enough
> > that they can be deployed en masse rather than treated as a scarce
> > resource, (b) hopefully runs on standard (such as AAA) battery types,
> > and (c) has reasonably priced supplies.
> >
> > Labeling cables is mostly what I'm interested in.  The el-cheapo
> > p-touch seems adequate to putting hostnames on machines.
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
>
> P-Touch with TZe tapes for me. I have stuff on the roof labeled with TZe
> tape and they still look new after about a year of exposure Disclaimer:
> I'm in the high desert.
>
> ~Seth