Postal Tubes - 885 x 50 mm - A0

Postal Tubes - 885 x 50 mm - A0

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 885 x 50 mm – A0 – extra-long mailing tubes designed to carry rolled A0 plans, posters and banners.

Approx. internal size: 885 mm length x 50 mm diameter. Supplied in packs of 10 with end caps.

Uses & Applications

• Rolled A0 plans and drawings for architecture, construction and engineering.
• Large event posters, exhibition graphics and maps.
• Any long-format print that must not be folded.

Suitable For

• Architects, surveyors, engineers and print studios.
• Event organisers and marketing teams sending large display materials.

Recommended Tape & Labelling

• Secure end caps with at least one full ring of strong packing tape; use two rings for heavy contents.
• For very valuable prints, tape in a cross pattern over the caps.
• Apply labels parallel to the tube length to aid readability in sorting systems.

How to Use

1. Roll the print carefully, protecting the printed surface with tissue.
2. Insert into the tube, ensuring the ends are not crushed.
3. Cap, tape and label the tube before despatch.

FAQs

• Q: Are these accepted by all carriers?
  A: Most carriers accept tubes, but some may apply non-standard surcharges due to shape and handling. Check with your chosen carrier for any specific rules.
• Q: Can I cut the tubes down to shorter lengths?
  A: Yes – they can be trimmed with a suitable cutting tool; deburr or tape the cut edge to keep it safe and neat.