Labeling Sysports/Systainers

[DavidCBaker]

What solutions have you come up with? The tools that come with systainers obviously have a label that helps identify the contents, but if you use systainers to house other things, some sort of labeling is necessary. I decided to take this approach (with a p-touch). I also summarized the contents of all the systainers at the top of the sysport so that I could see the contents while the sysports were "parked" close together:

 

[Corwin]

I use a P-Touch too.  Those Sortainer drawers all have label recesses -- putting the labels on the drawers makes it nice if/when you reconfigure...

 

[johnnyinnb]

I also have the p-touch but switched to the clear labels

 

[Wood_Junkie]

I tried to use our Brother label maker, but the adhesive just couldn't stick to the Systainers.

When Peter Halle did the Sys labels for a group of "guinea piggies" I got some.  And that's when I was shown the awesomeness of weatherproof polyester labels (the ones that Peter procurred and used).

But, I wanted bigger labels, to fill the entire "label area", with a bigger tool picture and  (minor theft deterrence?).  Also, I got a few more tools over the months and wanted to relabel as needed (ie. when the stock ones came loose).  Two tools and an accessory kit I got "bare", adding the Systainer and the labels from scratch.

I use Avery's polyester, weatherproof shipping labels.  I use the 5.5" x 8.5" size, and trim them to size.  I now have a simple template in Adobe Photoshop I use to create consistent sized labels.  When possible I put the stock label on the top lid, so I can tell what they are from above.  Over time I'll probably change those, too (those stock labels just don't hold on so much...)  These weatherproof ones... not a single corner has loosened over the last 4-5 months.  I had to change one, and it took a lot of effort to get it off, leaving a great deal of sticky residue on the Systainer.  Whatever glue they're using loves ABS.

Here's a sampling:
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[peter halle]

a piggy has gone astray. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

 

[Wood_Junkie]

a piggy has gone astray. :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Sow-wy papa!  *oink*

 

[peter halle]

Don't oink me.  [poke]

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

A sharpie.

 

[atomicmike]

I now have a simple template in Adobe Photoshop I use to create consistent sized labels.

Would you be willing to share your template with the rest of us? I thought about making a few custom labels for some of my systainers, but my laziness keeps getting in the way.  [embarassed] [big grin]