Postal Tubes - 460 x 45 mm - A2

Postal Tubes - 460 x 45 mm - A2

Our Postal Tubes offer reliable, all-around protection during transit, making them ideal for sending posters, maps, documents, blinds, curtain poles, and other similar items. These durable tubes come complete with plastic end caps for secure sealing, ensuring your items are protected against damage such as creases, tears, and bending. Perfect for storage or shipping, our postal tubes provide the ideal packaging solution for all your long, cylindrical items.

Product Features:

• Complete with Plastic End Caps: Each postal tube is supplied with secure plastic end caps to ensure your items remain sealed and protected during transit.
• Variety of Sizes: Available in different thicknesses, diameters, and lengths to suit your packaging needs. Stock sizes include A4, A3, A2, and A1.
• Strong Construction: Made from strong cardboard, these tubes will not collapse. The wall thickness for the 45mm diameter versions is 1.35mm, and for the 50mm diameter, it is 1.5mm, ensuring durability and strength.
• Letterbox Friendly: The 45mm diameter tubes fit through most UK letterboxes, helping to reduce delivery failures and returns when using Royal Mail services.
• Next Working Day Delivery: All stock sizes are available for next working day delivery on orders placed by 4pm.
• Multi-Purpose Use: Ideal for shipping or storing posters, documents, artwork, and other similar products, providing excellent protection against damage.
• Convenient and Easy to Pack: These tubes are simple to pack, providing quick and hassle-free packaging for your items.

Why Choose Our Postal Tubes?

Our Postal Tubes provide the perfect packaging solution for shipping and storing long, cylindrical items such as posters, blueprints, and artwork. With a strong and durable construction, these tubes offer excellent protection, ensuring your products arrive safely at their destination. The 45mm diameter option is especially popular, as it fits through most letterboxes, making it more convenient for delivery and reducing the risk of returns. Our postal tubes are available in a wide range of sizes, and with fast delivery, they are the ideal choice for both businesses and individuals who need reliable, secure packaging.

Please note that the image of the product may vary slightly due to manufacturing materials and processes, but the product's size details will be accurate within tolerances.

Postal Tube 460 x 45 mm – A2 – slim A2-length tubes for lighter rolled prints and documents.

Approx. internal size: 460 mm length x 45 mm diameter. Supplied in packs of 10 with end caps.

Uses & Applications

• Single A2 posters, charts and prints.
• Plans and drawings on lighter-weight paper.
• Art prints and photography where you want a tighter, lighter package.

Suitable For

• Mailings where reduced diameter helps with packing density.
• Lightweight media and low sheet counts.

Recommended Tape & Labelling

• Use strong packing tape around each end cap to prevent loss in transit.
• Apply address labels so they sit flat and are easy to scan.

How to Use

1. Roll print to fit a 45 mm tube, avoiding over-tight rolling.
2. Slide into the tube, then fit and tape the caps.
3. Label clearly with delivery details.

FAQs

• Q: Are 45 mm tubes as strong as 50 mm ones?
  A: Both are made from rigid cardboard; strength depends more on wall thickness than diameter. The narrower tube is fine for light contents when capped and taped correctly.