DYMO RHINO 5200 KIT

This label maker is absolutely great! I use it mostly for printing on heat shrink tubing for electrical wiring. I can hardly believe it's as inexpensive as it is. I would highly recommend it!

Better than the Brother. It's tough, versitale and goes strong all day.

As part of my company’s initiative for LEAN, this was purchased to further the need for refinement and continuous improvement. We have used this to barcode label mission critical applications in the warehouse and anywhere else in need of clarification.The non-qwerty keyboard is a bit frustrating to use at first but over time it becomes less cumbersome. The interface for finding symbols is not intuitive. There is a learning curve and a bit of experimentation is needed to understand the nuances of the device.The package came with label stock and some additional non-oem label stock was purchased. The OEM label stock worked perfectly in the device. There were no traceable skips in printing. 3/4” label stock is the perfect size for what we’re doing and is visible with very little effort. The package came with 1/2” stock as well and proved to be useful but not to the degree of the 3/4”. The non-oem label stock did encounter intermittent label printing skips and streaks. Although a bit disappointing the quality was satisfactory to a degree.Adhesion of both label stocks has been well received and to date, no labels have been reported to fall, shear off, or get destroyed. Our IT department has been using the printer to record IP addresses on each workstation for their purposes and with the dirt and grime the labels encounter every day, they have held up remarkably well. I’m sure we will have to relabel on occasion but from what I have seen, it will be on a case by case basis and not a carte blanche relabeling effort.With the unit being built for the “warehouse life” I can say the unit has still functioned after being dropped numerous times. Although the plastic feels rigid to the touch, it has proven itself to be strong enough to withstand the daily use by our LEAN warehouse staff. Scuffs, scrapes, drops, and breaks are rarely avoidable but I believe this unit is up to the challenge based on what I’ve seen.Overall a good product even though it is one of DYMO’s lower cost alternatives. Still believe the frustration of the UI being implemented and the keyboard design was an interesting decision made by their developer team, issues aside, the device functions and performs as desired and advertised.

I had never used a label maker since I was young and back then all I could afford was the old clicker style. My wife bought the DYMO 160 for the house at a sale in Home Depot and we love it. Since I am pretty big in wood and metal working I decided to buy the Rhino 5200 and go "all out" as they say :) I really love this big baby. It pretty much can do everything I would dream off and then some. I have used it so far to re-label my house and shop's electrical panel, I am using it to make audio wire labels for my stereos and home theater and in general to organize everything around the house and shop. I am a tool junkie so having this even for relatively limited use is no issue for me. The results count...and everything is now so much easier to find around the shop, tool shed and house.Using the label maker is a little complicated but with some practice I now can do pretty much everything with it. Not as intuitive as the DYMO 160 but we are not comparing apples to apples either. The Rhino 5200 can do so much more that it is logical for it to be more complicated to use. The manual is easy to follow though and everything you need to learn is there. I wish they had different manuals for each language though instead of the way they have multiple languages in each page...a small complaint of course compared to how much I love this unit.The screen is easy to read and also lighted, the unit feels great in your hand and it is pretty logically designed for use. I highly recommend this to all professionals that need one and to all tool enthusiasts that would love to lay their hands on a great LB.

I'll start out by saying that I really like the labels that this creates. I've purchased a few different tapes, including 2 different heat shrink cartridges, and they all work really well. This has the ability to do patch panels and punchdowns and it manages all the real estate on the label. It also has symbols and is overall pretty versatile. I like the device a lot.I would have probably given this 5 stars except for the battery. I saw another commenter say that the rechargeable battery doesn't fit. It does fit but it's weird in that it goes in at the opposite direction of the AA batteries, if you use those. I understand how the confusion gets created as there are really no instructions. My complaint is that the battery doesn't charge. I'm guessing the battery is defective at some level. It seems to charge a tiny bit but never gets above one bar. Then, as I'm using it, it might go up to two bars for a few minutes and then back down.Update on March 15: As I've used this (and left it charging) over the past several days the battery indicator has eventually started to show higher charge. It's not that the battery ever died - it may have been fully charged - but the indicator showed no charge or maybe one bar. It's a little weird but the thing seems OK now and it works great on lots of label types. I've used labels and shrink tube, I've used wire, cable, general and patch panel settings. All work really nicely.