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One of my pet peeves is having unlabeled wires and cables. It drives me bonkers! That’s why the Dymo Rhino 3000 is My Favorite Tool for July 2009. This little tools lets you label all your wires and cables very simply. If you are asking yourself what makes the Rhino better than say a Brother P-Touch? Well, it’s all in the adhesive and printing layout.
First, the adhesive on these labels is meant to be wrapped around cables and wires so you can be sure they won’t pop off. The label actually feels like it “shrinks” onto the cable (they do have true heat-shrink versions too).
Second, this rugged labeler was designed to print labels for A/V and Networking cables and wires so the way it prints the text is meant for easy reading when wrapped around the cable. Here are even more reasons.
If you have an A/V rack or network closet you owe it to yourself and anyone that works on your stuff properly labeled and organized wires. The Dymo Rhino 3000 is the tool that can make it happen… it will be the best $80 you’ve ever spent!
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1 2 Next »I am not sure I agree. I bought this label maker after having a many issues with the Brady ID pal. My biggest gripe with the Rhino is the limited length of the text when printing wire label wraps. I find that it is limited to 5 characters. On the Brady I could print much clearer text and longer phrases. The problem is the ID Pal isn't nearly as durable and the tape system is the worst... Do you have the same 5 character limitation?
I am not sure I agree. I bought this label maker after having a many issues with the Brady ID pal. My biggest gripe with the Rhino is the limited length of the text when printing wire label wraps. I find that it is limited to 5 characters. On the Brady I could print much clearer text and longer phrases. The problem is the ID Pal isn't nearly as durable and the tape system is the worst... Do you have the same 5 character limitation?
Cool to see a review of this device, we were using for years for our wiring work in Europe and were really happy with it. The only drawbacks are that the device uses AA batteries and we ran several time out of energy (better planing would have solved that). The specific tapes are really great, I would compare them to print on tissue. We were using as well traditional tapes in it.
Unlike the device pictured, mine had a two lines screen (referenced as a 3000 but more like a 5000 now). Still, it was perfect for cable, modules and switching panel labeling. I never met the limited length mentioned in the previous comment. For me, it is perfect for the job.
Cool to see a review of this device, we were using for years for our wiring work in Europe and were really happy with it. The only drawbacks are that the device uses AA batteries and we ran several time out of energy (better planing would have solved that). The specific tapes are really great, I would compare them to print on tissue. We were using as well traditional tapes in it.
Unlike the device pictured, mine had a two lines screen (referenced as a 3000 but more like a 5000 now). Still, it was perfect for cable, modules and switching panel labeling. I never met the limited length mentioned in the previous comment. For me, it is perfect for the job.
I have one of these at work, and have the Brother Ptouch PT-1600 myself. I will agree that the Dymo is definitely more rugged, though the rubber case makes changing label tape a bit of a chore. As to the adhesive, Brother makes special cable labels. They're a bit more expensive and more difficult to find offline, but they seem to do the job (excepting very hot environments - I used two of them under the hood of my car and they fell off in a few weeks). I can't really comment on the printing layout, as I've only done "fancy" things with the Brother.
The one thing that both of them lack is a RS-232 or USB interface. There have been quite a few times when I've found the builtin serializing functions to be lacking when labeling network cables, and really would have appreciated the ability to hook up my laptop and print from a database.
I have one of these at work, and have the Brother Ptouch PT-1600 myself. I will agree that the Dymo is definitely more rugged, though the rubber case makes changing label tape a bit of a chore. As to the adhesive, Brother makes special cable labels. They're a bit more expensive and more difficult to find offline, but they seem to do the job (excepting very hot environments - I used two of them under the hood of my car and they fell off in a few weeks). I can't really comment on the printing layout, as I've only done "fancy" things with the Brother.
The one thing that both of them lack is a RS-232 or USB interface. There have been quite a few times when I've found the builtin serializing functions to be lacking when labeling network cables, and really would have appreciated the ability to hook up my laptop and print from a database.
Cool to see a review of this device, we were using for years for our wiring work in Europe and were really happy with it. The only drawbacks are that the device uses AA batteries and we ran several time out of energy (better planing would have solved that). The specific tapes are really great, I would compare them to print on tissue. We were using as well traditional tapes in it.
Unlike the device pictured, mine had a two lines screen (referenced as a 3000 but more like a 5000 now). Still, it was perfect for cable, modules and switching panel labeling. I never met the limited length mentioned in the previous comment. For me, it is perfect for the job.
Cool to see a review of this device, we were using for years for our wiring work in Europe and were really happy with it. The only drawbacks are that the device uses AA batteries and we ran several time out of energy (better planing would have solved that). The specific tapes are really great, I would compare them to print on tissue. We were using as well traditional tapes in it.
Unlike the device pictured, mine had a two lines screen (referenced as a 3000 but more like a 5000 now). Still, it was perfect for cable, modules and switching panel labeling. I never met the limited length mentioned in the previous comment. For me, it is perfect for the job.
I'll post the same information to my blog, thanks for ideas and great article.
This device is good for labeling items they sell in the market, especially wires, cables, and more.