If you’ve flown in a plane recently, you may have seen suitcases and luggage covered in layers of plastic wrap at the airport. While atypical here in the United States, stretch-wrapping your luggage is rather commonplace within international travel. Travelers swear by the film’s ability to keep their goods clean, safe from theft, and secure from accidental openings.

While services are available to stretch wrap your luggage for you, you can save some time and money by doing it yourself. In this intercontinental article, we will cover how to wrap your luggage and what to expect when traveling with wrapped luggage.

We’ve also made a how-to video you can follow along to:

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Select Your Wrap

Before you pack, you want to make sure you’re using the right plastic wrap for luggage. Standard suitcases rarely exceed 2½ feet (76cm) in height, so a roll of hand wrap or mini wrap wil

For all its benefits, stretch wrap is not without its drawbacks. Since the plastic film needs to be kept taught as it is wrapped around items and loads, worker’s hands can eventually develop stress and fatigue. Additionally, the paper core and thin plastic can chafe and irritate your hands.

That’s where a stretch wrap dispenser comes in. This handy device offers both an adjustable tensioner and an ergonomic grip that’s much easier on the hands. And thankfully, setting one up is quick and easy. In this article, we will cover how to assemble a stretch wrap dispenser, as well as some basic tips on using it.

We also made a step-by-step video that you can follow along to:

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Choose the Right Size

Before you load your stretch wrap, you want to make sure you’ve got the right size for your dispenser. Dispensers are typically made to accommodate a set range of stretch wrap lengths

Electrostatic Discharge, or ESD, can be devastating in packaging and shipping. This issue is no more prevalent than in the world of electronics and flammables, where items are incredibly sensitive to static shock. In fact, experts estimate the global cost of ESD damage to be around $5 billion per year.

Unfortunately, a common culprit for this is none other than the packaging. When you unwind a roll of packing tape or place two stretch-wrapped pallets too close to each other, the surface friction can build static electricity; your packaging can end up harming your goods instead of protecting them!

Fortunately, there is a solution: anti-static packaging. Materials like anti-static stretch wrap are specially manufactured and chemically treated to resist ESD. In this shocking article, we will cover how electrostatic discharge works and how anti-static stretch

Glove Actually

It’s an anthology of sanitary love! Set during the holidays in Nitri-London, we follow a series of interconnected stories of love, sorrow, and self-discovery. The Polyethylene Minister develops feelings for a PVC dotted glove working in his household staff. A deadbeat synthetic-vinyl rockstar attempts to rekindle his stalled career with a holiday song about keeping your hands safe. A food service glove and mother of two suspects her string knit husband is unfaithful. A recently-single brown jersey glove forms a close friendship with his latex housekeeper, eventually discovering that he wants to be more than f

What is Specialty Stretch Wrap?

Specialty Stretch Wrap is a subcategory of stretch wrap that includes products designated for special purposes. These stretch films offer unique protection, allow ventilation, or contain messages for workers.

We have a separate product guide for our standard Stretch Wrap products:

Stretch Wrap Product Guide

Our Specialty Stretch Wrap

With desperation etched across her face, the new warehouse hire Tabitha could feel her voice tremble as she implored her supervisor Alan, "Where, oh where, do I place these precious, plastic remnants of hope?" She had recently embarked on her recycling journey within the cavernous expanse of the warehouse, cherishing every discarded scrap of plastic as a chance for redemption.

With a heavy sigh, Alan's voice carried the weight of shattered dreams as he muttered, "Behold, our barren wasteland, the abyss into which all aspirations are consigned." Gesturing to the colossal, ominous trash receptacle, he added, "Everything, dear Tabitha, is destined for that gaping maw. A forsaken fate, it awaits the forklift's melancholic embrace but once a week."

Overwhelmed by the cruel reality, Tabitha's trembling hands released the remnants of her dreams, surrendering them to the yawning chasm. Plastics, cardboard, and the fragile echoes of her aspirations spilled over

Do you need a stretch wrap machine? They may be expensive, but it’s a worthy question. You may think that wrapping pallets by hand is the way to go because of how easy and cost-effective it is. And if you’re a small business that only needs to ship a small volume of goods on a daily-to-weekly basis, you’re absolutely right.

However, depending on the industry you work in and the scale of your operations, you may actually be better off investing in a stretch wrap machine. To help you think it over, we’ve put together a list of the four biggest signs that a stretch wrap machine is the right choice for you.

1. Your Products are Damaged in Transit

This is probably the first red flag that you’ll encounter. Pallets that are improperly wrapped are at a significant risk of toppling or collapsing. While hand wrapping is fine for smaller loads and bundles, it is nearly impossible to maintain a constant force of tension on the stretch wrap for