Customer Review

  • Reviewed in Canada on September 6, 2020
    While heavy and bulky compared to the Dymo it replaced, the tape cartridges available for Brothers are much less expensive and the ease of use made this unit a must-have for me. While I don't like the fact that it does waste a full inch of tape prior to printing, I'm assuming that that's the distance between the print head and the internal cutter, so it's kind of like a "paper check" for the system. I haven't used it a lot, just made labels for my tool chest and some personal items at work, but the time saved by designing and typing the labels on my phone compared to the ABC-layout keyboard and convoluted menu system on the old Dymo made it worth paying three times the price. Throw in the built-in Li-Ion battery vs 4 AA batteries or 9V A/C adapter (limiting where you can move) with the Dymo, and the deal becomes even sweeter. There is a huge range of tape colours and sizes available for this unit, and if I so chose I could throw in a 24-mm tape to print BIG labels on this, whereas the Dymo could only take 6-, 9- or 12-mm cartridges which cost nearly twice as much and have half the length of the Brother cartridges. This also works with cheaper third-party tapes.
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Product Details

4.5 out of 5 stars
150 global ratings