RFID and NFC wristbands in silicone, fabric, nylon, elastic, vinyl and Tyvek, encoded and chip-tested for resorts, cruises, spas and gyms.
Guest bands that open a room, a gate or a locker and stay on for the whole stay. The lock decides the chip, and the length of the stay decides the material.
Hospitality →Lockers, turnstiles and pool access, where the band goes into water every day. Silicone and elastic survive that, and engraved numbers stay readable a year later.
Clubs and associations →Site and back of house identification where a card is impractical. Tamper-evident vinyl and Tyvek closures stop a band being passed on once it is fitted.
Access control and security →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.
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.
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.
A nylon strap carrying an NFC card, rated −30 °C to 75 °C. Waterproof, moisture proof and shock proof.
A stretch band in plastic or fabric, rated −30 °C to 75 °C. Nothing to fasten and nothing to break, which is why gyms, spas and leisure centres use it for lockers.
Day guest and short stay materials, plus the fabric band for a stay of several days 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.
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.
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.
High-density polyethylene fibre with a tamper-evident adhesive closure. Tear resistant, waterproof and the lightest thing on this page.
The same three bands and the same chip families as the cards, so a site already running card readers can add wristbands without touching the door.
The method changes with the material. Silicone takes a laser, fabric takes thread and ink, and the flat plastics take print.
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 |
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.
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.
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.
Ask for a free sample in the material and chip you need, test it on your reader and have somebody wear it for a day. The wrist tells you things the specification cannot.
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A day, a stay or indefinitely. It rules out most materials before anything else is decided.
The door, turnstile or locker model, or a clear photo of the reader. The chip is confirmed in writing.
A vector file to engrave or screen, a print-ready PDF to print. Say if it runs all the way around.
Rough figures are enough. Minimum order is 500 units, and production takes 12 calendar days.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes. The same three bands and the same chip families, from EM4200 and T5577 at 125 kHz, through MIFARE, NTAG and ICODE SLIX at 13.56 MHz, to Impinj Monza and Alien H3 in UHF.
Yes, and with wristbands we push for it. Ask for a free sample in the material and chip you need, try it on your reader and, just as usefully, wear it for a day.
A band carries the same chip as a card. The three encoding routes apply unchanged.
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When a moulded fob suits the wearer better than a band, and what the size changes.
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The reader does not care about the body. Four variables decide whether it authenticates.
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The credential most systems start from, in PVC, recycled PVC or wood. Same chips as the band and the fob.
RFID & NFC cards →
The same chip, encoded the same way, for people who carry keys rather than a wallet. The reader cannot tell them apart.
Key fobs →
Sleeves and holders made to the card format, printed with the same artwork and specified on the same order sheet.
Accessories →Ask for a free sample in your material and chip.