I have one of the DYMO XTL 500 units -

The labels are pricey, but they have a wide selection, including 2” wide, laminating wire labels, and heat-shrink. There is a set of sensors which detect when a label cartridge is installed, which sometimes don’t make great contact, so I just keep some copper tape in the carry case and stick it on the cartridge when it’s being difficult…

As with all DYMOs, the software is somewhat annoying, and inserting symbols/punctuation is bizarrely baroque, but it is still the best labeler I’ve found; my previous favorite was the Brady ones, but they have become less good over time.

If this is for personal use you might want to keep an eye out for Amazon warehouse deals - I got mine for $275 instead of >$500 by doing this…

On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 3:58 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> wrote:

I am still using a Dymo 4200 [1] which is generally okay. I am wondering if anyone or their field tech team has recently changed to a better label maker in terms of feature set, battery life/charging or label consumable cost.

Surely there must be something better out there. Strong preference for QWERTY keyboards, no ABCDE type.

[1]: https://www.dymo.com/en_CA/rhino-industrial-4200-qwy.html

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