Butt-End Band: Material Comparison Chart
Aluminum | Stainless Steel | Incoloy | Monel | |
Style # | 1242- NB&T Size | 1242FH-SS | 1242FH-IL | 1242M |
Thickness | .050” Colored AL .061” Plain AL .064” Colored AL |
Varies depending on band size. See thickness options here. |
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Uses | Standard material used by the federal government. Sizes range from a hummingbird to a swan
Promotional bands, banquet bands, lanyard bands |
Ravens, crows. Some predatory birds (but lock-on or rivet bands are usually recommended)
Industrial wire markers |
Federal projects, gulls, shore birds | Fish jaws, shore birds, Shrimp eye |
Band Quantity Minimum | 100 Bands | 1,000 Bands | 1,000 Bands | 100 Bands |
Price | $ – Standard Size Bands
$$ Federal Size Bands |
$$ | $$$ | $$ |
Sizes | Size 3 – 28 | Size 1B – 9 | F2 – F5A | Size 4 – 16 |
Corrosion | Won’t rust | Won’t rust | Won’t rust | Won’t rust |
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