PlasticMillPlasticMill Rubber Bands - #64 Size - Green Rubberbands - 1LB/250 Count

Durable

The PlasticMill Rubber Bands - #64 Size measured in at 1 lb. I only counted 235 and not the 250 as advertised but that is by no means a deal breaker. What's in the bag: 235 rubber bands approximately 1 pound. As you can see in the picture above, relaxed these rubber bands measure in at 3". I was able to easily stretch the rubber band around a standard 2 x 4 that was 17.25" in length. I used this 2 x 4 since I had it handy. The rubber band would have easily gone another inch or two. I also took a small roll and a large (12") roll of bubble wrap and was easily able to stretch the rubber bands around them to hold the bubble wrap from unravelling. I also used them to hold packages of food closed. I purchased a 10 pound bag of French fries that had no recloseable top so I used the rubber bands to keep the bag closed in the freezer. Now for the burning question: Yes these rubber bands will fly across the room to shoot them at friends and family. Disclaimer: if you are going to shoot these at people, wear eye protection. Would definitely purchase again.

These are good quality rubber bands as described in the product specifications. I would buy them again.

So far I have used these rubber bands for three purposes:1) Rubber banding cabinet knobs together to make them baby resistant. This is not the same as baby proof. I don't keep dangerous things at baby level. Baby resistant means that with these rubber bands securing two knobs together, it is less likely that my baby will get into the cabinet and spread, say, toilet paper rolls all over the bathroom floor. No guarantees on this if you have older kids who may forget to reinstall the rubber band after opening the cabinet.2) Closing a bag of chips. This probably wouldn't work for a very full bag of chips, but our family rarely leaves a bag of chips very full. If you ate most of the bag of chips and want to save the rest for next time, these rubber bands are here for you.3) keeping bento boxes shut inside of lunchboxes. If your kids have bento boxes that come without any sort of fastener, one of these bad boys wrapped around the outside will prevent the contents of said bento box from having a party all around the inside of their lunch box.My only small issue with these it that they have ever so slightly less stretch than typical rubber bands but this hasn't been a problem for us so I didn't deduct any stars.

These are the type of rubber bands you find holding produce together at farmer's markets or in the grocery store. Of course, there are a myriad of uses for rubber bands, just be mindful that these come with some sort of powder-like coating on them, which I am guessing comes from the manufacturing process. Just an FYI in case that will affect your specific use case.