What are they used for?

Resorts and all-inclusive properties

Guest bands that open a room, a gate or a locker and stay on for the length of a stay. The lock decides the chip, so we start from the lock and work back. The length of the stay decides the material, and that is usually the harder question of the two.

Hospitality →

Gyms, pools and leisure centres

Lockers, turnstiles and pool access, where the band goes into water every day and comes back out. Silicone and elastic are the two that survive that, and neither has a closure to break. Membership numbers can be laser engraved rather than printed, so they are still readable a year later.

Clubs and associations →

Staff and contractor identification

Site and back of house identification where a card is impractical and a band is not. Tamper-evident closures in vinyl and Tyvek mean a band cannot be passed from one person to another once it is fitted, which is the whole reason a site chooses one.

Access control and security →

Specifications

Formats, drawn to one scale

The production drawings for the formats we run most, at the same scale so the proportions compare rather than sit in a list. Every one of them carries the same chip families, so what you are choosing here is the shape and how long it stays on.

Tyvek RFID

255 × 25 mm · printable 222 × 25 mm

RFID fabric

Strap 360 × 15 mm · tag 35 × 25 mm

RFID vinyl

250 × 31 mm · printable 65 × 20 mm. Wide model 270 × 34 mm · printable 90 × 22 mm

RFID silicone, watch strap

244.5 × 35 mm · also 248 × 40 mm

Bands that come off and go back on

Reusable materials, for lockers, memberships, staff and anywhere the same band is issued again next week. None of the three has a closure that can fail, because none of them has a closure.

Silicone

Reusable, years

Waterproof, moisture proof, shock proof and rated from −30 °C to 220 °C. The band that goes into a pool or a spa and comes back out.

Diameters

45 mm50 mm55 mm60 mm62 mm64 mm65 mm67 mm70 mm74 mm

Nylon

Reusable

A nylon strap carrying an NFC card, rated −30 °C to 75 °C. Waterproof, moisture proof and shock proof.

Models

N01N02

Elastic

One size, no closure

A stretch band in plastic or fabric, rated −30 °C to 75 °C. Nothing to fasten and nothing to break, which is why lockers and leisure centres use it.

Models

E01 plasticE02 fabric

Bands that stay on until they come off for good

Single visit and single day materials, plus the multi-day fabric band that sits between the two. The closure is the whole point here: it is what stops a band being passed from one wrist to another.

Fabric with a tag

Multi-day

A woven strap with a separate tag carrying the chip, in wood or PVC. The closure decides whether it comes off, so specify that before the artwork.

Dimensions

Strap 360 × 15 mmTag 35 × 25 mmWood tag 1.5 mm

Vinyl

Single use

Disposable PVC with a snap closure, rated −30 °C to 75 °C. Waterproof, and it cannot be moved from one wrist to another once it is on.

Models

P01 to P07

Tyvek

Single day

High-density polyethylene fibre with a tamper-evident adhesive closure. Tear resistant, waterproof and the lightest thing on this page.

Widths

19 mm25 mm

Which frequency do you need?

The same three bands and the same chip families as our cards, so a site already running card readers can add wristbands without touching the door.

Low frequency

125 kHz. TK4100, EM4200, EM4305, T5577, Hitag

High frequency

13.56 MHz and NFC. MIFARE Classic, MIFARE Plus, Ultralight C, DESFire, NTAG 213, 215 and 216, ICODE, Topaz 512

Ultra high frequency

860 to 960 MHz. U-CODE Gen2, Alien H3 and H4, Impinj M4 and M5

Encoding

In house before shipping, individually per band where needed

Minimum order

500 units, the same as our cards

What can go on a band?

The method changes with the material. Silicone takes a laser, fabric takes thread and ink, and the flat plastics take print.

Laser engraving

Numbers and QR codes, with or without colour fill

Silkscreen

Logos and text in one solid colour

Printing

Full colour print and number printing

Water transfer

Wraparound artwork on silicone

Colours

Black, white, green, red, orange, blue, yellow, pink, purple and more

How long does it need to stay on?

This is the question that decides the order, and it is worth answering before anything else. A band that has to come off every night and one that must never come off are two different products, whatever the chip inside them.

	Wear	Closure	Waterproof
Silicone	Years	None, it slips on	Yes
Fabric with a tag	Days	Single use or multiple use, in wood	Per model
Nylon	Repeat use	Per model	Yes
Elastic	Repeat use	None, it stretches	Yes
Vinyl	One use	Snap, tamper proof	Yes
Tyvek	One day	Adhesive, tamper evident	Yes

What we can put on it

On the tag

Chip encoding

Sequential numbering

Barcodes and QR

See how each one is made →

Will it work with your system?

Send us the reader, lock or turnstile model you use, and tell us how long the band has to stay on. We confirm both before you order, rather than guess.

What can we confirm?

Frequency and chip family, from the reader, lock or turnstile model, or from the credential you use now. You can also post us a band or a card and we verify it here.

Where are the limits?

Read distance on a wrist is not the same as read distance on a card, particularly in UHF, so a band that works on the bench still has to be tried on the gate. On encrypted systems we supply the correct chip and the key holder writes the credential.

What do we recommend?

A free sample in the material and chip you need, tested on your own reader and worn by somebody for a day. The wrist tells you things the specification cannot.

Standards the chips are built to

ISO/IEC 14443 Type AISO/IEC 15693ISO/IEC 18000-63

Compatible with

Assa AbloyVingCardSALTODormakabaOnityOrbitaHotekVision LineSaflok

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Not sure?

Send us your reader or lock model

The factory

10M

Cards a month

1,300m²

Plant floor in Dongguan

People in the plant

15+

Years making cards at this plant

What do we need from you?

How long it stays on

A day, a stay, or indefinitely. This is the first question rather than the last one, because it rules out most of the materials before anything else is decided.

Your reader or lock model

Send the model name or system and version, for the door, the turnstile or the locker. A clear photo of the reader is often enough to identify it.

Your artwork

A vector file for anything engraved or screened, and a print-ready file for anything printed. Tell us whether the artwork has to run all the way around.

The quantity and the date

Approximate figures are enough to start. They help us recommend the right production setup and confirm the best option for your order.

Questions we hear the most

Which band should we choose?

It is decided by how long it stays on a wrist. One day is Tyvek, one visit is vinyl, several days is fabric, and anything that comes back and goes out again is silicone, nylon or elastic. Tell us the length of stay and the environment and we will narrow it to two.

Do they work with the readers we already have?

If the reader runs at 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz or UHF, yes. The chip in a band is the same chip that goes in a card, so a site already running card readers can add wristbands without changing anything on the door.

Are they waterproof?

Silicone, nylon, elastic, vinyl and Tyvek are all waterproof. Silicone is the one rated for heat as well, from −30 °C to 220 °C, which is why pools and spas use it.

Can a band be moved to another person?

That depends on the closure, and it is usually the point of the choice. Vinyl uses a snap closure and Tyvek an adhesive one, both tamper evident, so neither can be moved once fitted. Silicone, nylon and elastic are meant to come off and go back on.

Can each band carry a different number?

Yes. Numbers and QR codes are laser engraved individually on silicone and printed individually on the others, and the chip can be encoded individually as well. Send the data as a spreadsheet, one row per band.

What sizes do silicone bands come in?

Diameters from 45 to 74 mm depending on the model, across twelve shapes. Tell us who is wearing them, adults, children or both, and we will suggest which sizes to order.

Can our artwork run all the way around?

On silicone, yes, by water transfer printing. On fabric, both the strap and the tag are printable. On Tyvek and vinyl the printable area is the flat face, and we send you the exact dimensions with the quote rather than after it.

Do wristbands take the same chips as your cards?

Yes. The same three bands and the same chip families, from EM4200 and T5577 at 125 kHz, through MIFARE, NTAG and ICODE at 13.56 MHz, to U-CODE Gen2, Alien and Impinj in UHF.

Can we test one before ordering?

Yes, and with wristbands we push for it. We send a free sample in the material and chip you asked for, so you can try it on your own reader and, just as usefully, wear it for a day.

RFID and NFC wristbands

What are they used for?

Resorts and all-inclusive properties

Gyms, pools and leisure centres

Staff and contractor identification

Specifications

Formats, drawn to one scale

Bands that come off and go back on

Bands that stay on until they come off for good

Which frequency do you need?

What can go on a band?

How long does it need to stay on?

What we can put on it

Will it work with your system?

The factory

What do we need from you?

How long it stays on

Your reader or lock model

Your artwork

The quantity and the date

Questions we hear the most

Complete your order

RFID and NFC cards

Key fobs

Door hangers and signage

Start with a free sample.