DYMOStandard D1 Labeling Tape for LabelManager Label Makers, Black Print on Neon Tape, 1/2'' W x 10' L, 1 Cartridge (1933238)

First off, please note: this is a review of the DYMO Labeling Tape and not the DYMO Labeler maker, which is a great tool and uses this the tape to function.The Labeling Tape is easy to install and easier to use. The protection cover is pre-sliced down the middle to make it easy to pull off and then apply the sticker. Every color tape I have tried has worked well, easy to read and lasts a long time. I use the labels on the job site and around my home and have never had a problem with the label sticking as long as it is applied to a clean, dry surface. Even better, it stays stuck for years, I can prove it.

The reason being that I’ve got to assume that much of the cost is in the actual hardware of the cartridge – these two little brightly colored green and pink rolls, at 10 feet each, are a very poor value at this writing as compared to the black on white 23 foot rolls I’m used to.Worse, with both rolls I had to deal with a bit of stickiness at the start, so that letters piled atop each other in fits and starts. See my uploaded customer image: it’s only a few inches, but when you’ve paid for ten feet in each color, the loss of half a foot at the start subjectively feels like a lot. And yes, I’ve had that happen with the black on white tapes now and again, but to have both rolls stick as much as they did was unfortunate. Tightening the tape using the gear control helped a little. I also had to pull out some length of tape with the green to lick the issue, and in both cases the tape was properly held within the guides.Print Quality is comparable to that of my Brother PT70, using an OEM tape cartridge also in the Brother. In both cases, there’s an annoyingly long “margin” before and after the text, a problem that would be much less vexing if the cost-per-inch was lower. But these Dymo refills have it all over the Brother for ease of removing the paper backing from the sticky side, as the Dymos are split all the way down horizonally along the tape. With the Brother, you’re fighting to pry up a corner of the cut label with a thumbnail, which almost inevitably leads to touching the sticky part, and leaving skin oils to affect adhesion. I had to push down one corner of the P-Touch label in the picture I took, three times, before it would completely adhere to the paper, and of course that corner may still be vulnerable to peeling. Point there for the Dymo.

Both cartridges were apparently over-filled (I thought), and would not feed the tape to print it. The machine could not pull the tape out of the cartridge for some reason. Eventually, after tugging gently on the tape, I figured there was nothing to lose, so I grabbed and pulled very hard. Finally, the tape barely began to be pulled from the inside, and after I'd wasted a foot of tape (a full 10% of the entire roll), it was loose enough that the machine could feed it properly. After that, printing was fine.When I inspected the cartridges more closely, I saw that the inside of the cartridge is fairly visible from one side, and there is clearly a huge amount of empty space on the inside of the tape area, so it's not a matter of being over-filled. These are only 10 foot tapes, whereas I currently have a 23 foot black-on-white cartridge that has exactly the same amount of space inside the cartridge for tape. With the much longer tape, it simply winds further inside the empty space, leaving less space in the middle of the circular area containing the remaining tape. For whatever reason, these two cartridges have the tape very tightly pushed up against the outside edge of the circular area containing the tape supply, and the inside end of the tape isn't loosely unwinding itself into the middle to give the tape some slack (like it does with the 23 foot long cartridge).Bottom line: if you have the same problem of the machine trying to print but nothing comes out, grab the colored portion (not the black character tape underneath it in the cartridge) and pull it as hard as you have to, to get it started. Once you've pulled it far enough to be able to feel that it's feeding fairly easily, try re-installing the cartridge and it will probably work fine. It's just sad to have to waste 10% of the entire supply on both cartridges in this package.ADDED: As a Vine reviewer, I do not see the selling price, and hadn't gone to look at that before the review. Before this edit, I had rated this a 3-star product because of the wasted tape due to the apparent internal defect in both cartridges. I have now downgraded it to a 2-star rating after seeing the price. I already own one of these Dymo label makers, and recently ordered a black-on-white cartridge that is 23 feet long (more than the combined total of these two cartridges). As with prior cartridges, there were no problems with the tape feeding, unlike these two shorter (10' "Neon" cartridges). Yet the price of the 23' tape is only 54% of these two 10' tapes (20' combined). There's no way that more than twice as much tape should be half the price of a double-pack of the same tape just because they're using different colors in the plastic. Yes, the two cartridges cost pennies more than one cartridge package, but they're selling in bulk, thus saving costs there on packaging.Worse, I just recently ordered (and received) a replacement 23' cartridge because the old one was getting close to empty. After doing the initial review of this Vine product, I decided to see if it feeds OK. It does not! It too had to be pulled out of the cartridge, though not as far as the 10' cartridges, before it would feed automatically during printing. It appears that Dymo has a manufacturing problem that goes well beyond these new little 10' "neon" cartridges. The problem is now also in the old standard 23' cartridges as well - a fundamental manufacturing issue.

Very quick delivery with Amazon Prime.The "white on black" tape is very sharp! However, wasted 3 labels as it seemed to jam my machine, in addition, after 3 weeks, they are falling off of my file folders??!Is this "old" tape? There should be an expiration date on it. I'm wondering if by having the easy to remove backing, it's allowing air to dry out the adhesive? I'm having to use scotch tape over the labels to keep them on the files."Red on clear". This too, jammed my machine. The cassette was snapped in properly but would not eject the tape. I would reprint the label to try to have it eject from the label maker but it would print one letter on top of the other. In addition, the "red" isn't really red. More like a dark pink and it is not bold and crisp like the "black" is. Hard to see from a distance.Bought other colors. Will update as I use them.

I had difficulty getting my labeler to work with these right away. It took me about 10 minutes of playing with it to finally get it to work. That being said, the results were definitely worth it. I love the vibrant pink and green. They aren't neon, but definitely bright. I would recommend these to anyone, just remember they may take some work to get started.

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For many this is good enough, you can basically print any label you want or need, it works well enough, the labels come out well. Drawbacks: mushy keys and slightly awkward menu system. The Dymo tape that comes with it is *very* short, you will need to buy tape as well. Tape not very sticky, and completely non water resistant, but on most surfaces works pretty well.Also bear in mind widest tape width is 1/2 inch.Good buy otherwise, worth 5*

Not quite as good as the original, but not bad

These were selling at about 12 bucks. The price was great, as the item is OLD.The manufacturer confirmed that they were made in 2016 and the glue was not as good as it should have been. beware about the age of these items, as the glue becomes less functional over time.

works, fits, recommend :)