Re: NANOG poll: favorite cable labeler?

[Steve Meuse <smeuse () mara org>]

The BMP21 has kinda sucky cable labels, IMO.

-Steve

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:

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