If you had a job, you will found that each employee in the company had worn the custom lanyards essentially. If you were participating in an activity, you will notice that the staff are wearing the lanyards, which had the logo of this activity on it. Lanyard has become the most common product in our life.
The lanyard refers to a cord or strap worn around the neck and shoulder to carry some items like keys or ID (identification) cards. The main function is to identify your role and responsibility in certain locations, which involves corporations, businesses, hospitals, prisons, conference and trade fairs. Accordingly, we should consider more about lanyard that is right for you. It can be summarized as follows:
Choosing the right lanyards material
The style, design or material used will depend on the end-purpose of the lanyard. The materials of lanyard include nylon, polyester, satin, PET (polyethylene terephthalate), braided leather and braided paracord. And the lanyards were divided into polyester imprinted lanyards, nylon imprinted lanyards, dye-sublimated lanyards, tubular imprinted lanyards and woven lanyards by their own different functions.
Polyester imprinted lanyards are the most commonly used type of lanyards due to some factors like cost, durability and flexibility. The polyester lanyards were made of polyester fabric material, which is characterized by cheap cost and durable quality. More importantly, polyester lanyards have good air breathability. It is suitable for people who exercise a lot. Polyester can give you best to wear comforts. If you want to use the lanyards for a long time, you can choose this one.
Nylon imprinted lanyards can be used for a variety of purposes: for holding ID badges, security cards, or ID cards in most business establishments, and holding small electronic devices like cameras, MP3 players and USB flash drives to prevent loss or dropping. Nylon imprinted lanyards were thicker and shinier than Polyester imprinted lanyards, and they have the best and top quality when compared with other materials. That’s partly why nylon lanyards can be used to hang heavier items such as cameras.
Tubular imprinted lanyards are made from polyester with the shape of a shoelace, and they are very comfortable to wear around the neck. This type of lanyards is popular among sports lovers. If you have a requirement for the comfort of wearing, you can choose this one. Additionally, they are the ideal choice if you’re on a tight budget.
Dye-sublimated lanyards are very durable and good quality for custom printing of complicated logos. The type of lanyards is very bright, tender and colorful. It belongs to the high-performance lanyards. All these lanyards are applied to the advanced dye-sublimated printing process. The dyes can be infused into the lanyards. That means your design on the lanyards won’t fade, even when you use it in extreme conditions.
Woven lanyard is a unique type of lanyard which involves having your designs, slogans, texts or logos directly woven atop the polyester material. It uses threads to weave the simple words on the woven lanyards. Due to the fact that embroidered patches and woven lanyards share similar weaving techniques, simple logos are more suitable for the weaving process. So you are bound to sacrifice some details when you choose woven ones. If you require lanyard to have a high-quality design imprint, the woven lanyard is the perfect pick.
Beaded lanyards belong to decorative lanyards that used to hold your identification cards and other small items. Sometimes, they can be regarded as jewelry and shaped like beaded necklaces. Most women and young girls like to purchase the beaded lanyards due to its fashionable features. The material for making beaded lanyards included glass beads, pearls and crystal beads. The cost of different beaded lanyards depends on the material you used.
Choosing the right attachment of lanyards
In order to fix the items, the lanyards were attached to a hook or a clip. The metal clip was used for the ID badges; it can keep the ID badges visible and help people to find the service personnel for solving the problem as soon as possible. Metal J-Hook and lobster claw were used for holding some small items, like USB flash drives. Metal king ring was used for holding keys and small plastic items, and it can be an ideal option when you need to carry your keys outside. The Lobster claw has a high resistance value and your cellphone can use it fixed on the lanyards. You also can add a safety breakaway on your lanyards when your child or old men need to wear it around the neck.
The material of the attachment included the plastic and metal: plastic attachment was lighter than the metal attachment. However, the metal attachment can give us the feeling of the serious when compared to the plastic attachment.
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Choosing the safety breakaways of lanyards
The biggest difference between breakaway lanyards and non-breakaway ones lies in whether the lanyards have an adjustable cable or not.
There isn’t any protection vehicle on Non-safety breakaway lanyards. While the separate cords on the breakaway lanyards make the two pieces of ropes separated when the outer force applied. It gives this kind of lanyards more edges when used in factories where your lanyards can be easily caught in machines.
The safety breakaway is a small two-piece device made by plastic; it can connect two parts of lanyard together. Safety breakaways have been called the necessity section for any application. Why did we design the breakaways on the lanyard? Maybe you feel puzzled about it. The breakaway can prevent the wearer of the lanyard from being killed or seriously injured when the lanyard puts the pressure onto their neck. The breakaway, as a safety feature added on the lanyard, can protect the security to the person wearing it. Especially for some staff in certain special groups, such as a student in College, hospital staff, workers in Auto Mechanics Workshops and so on.
We sell different kinds of safety breakaways lanyard with high quality, lower cost and durable. The printed logo of the lanyard can be selected by you. If you have any requirements for the lanyard, tell us, and we will provide the best service and design the lanyard until you satisfied it. We are looking forward to your inquiry and cooperation in the future.