Cushioning Guide

BrassPack carries a wide variety of "cushioning" products to handle any packaging need.

To help you find the right "cushioning" product that will meet your needs, it is useful to think of the available materials in these contexts:

Bubble Pack
Cushioning
Protect contents from vibration, impact or shock. Fragile and/or high value products with extended shipping or storage cycle times (weeks) require different cushioning products than items that are less fragile, medium weight and have shorter shipping and storage cycles.		 Peanuts
Void Fill
Fill space easily in and around the packaged contents while providing some basic cushioning.		 Foam
Surface Protection
Conforms to a desired shape and prevents marring or scratching.

With these definitions in mind, you may review the comparison chart below and see which product or combination of products makes sense for your specific applications.

Product Comparison Chart

 

Applications

  
 

Product Type

  
Void Fill
  
Cushioning
Fragile High Value
  
Cushioning
Less Fragile Short Cycle
  
Surface
Protection
   Best For  
  Loose Fill   Peanuts
see comment1		  
Void Fill
  Air Bubble   AirCap®
see comment 2		  
Cushion
  PolyCap®
see comment 3		  
Cushion
  BrassPack Lite
see comment 4		  
Cushion / Void Fill
  Foam   Foam
see comment 5		  
Surface Protection
  Wadding   Soft
see comment 6		   
All Around
  Firm
see comment 7		  
All Around
  Wrap   Corrugated Wrap  
All Around
  Paper   Kraft  
All Around
  Newsprint  
All Around
  Tissue  
All Around

Comments
1 Peanuts: Excellent Void Fill and good cushioning product at a relatively low cost
2 Aircap®: Bubble is excellent cushioning. Aircap is the best bubble
3 Polycap:® A great mid price product for shorter shipping cycles
4 BrassPack Lite: Good Cushioning at a budget price
5 Foam: Excellent surface protection product is waterproof and provides insulation.
6 Soft Wadding: Wadding products do a great all around job for void fill, cushioning and surface protection - versatile
7 Firm Wadding: Wadding products do a great all around job for void fill, cushioning and surface protection - versatile

   
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