Silicone Wristbands – since 2004 and Still Going Strong!

Silicone is a semi-inorganic polymer that is heat stable, water resistant and flexible. All of these great qualities are the reason that Silicone is used for a wide range of products. Silicone Wristbands are an inexpensive jewellery item that can be customized with your own personal message or logo, in virtually any color or color combination you desire. In addition they are comfortable to wear, easy to clean and long-lasting.

Wristbands are encircling strips worn on the wrist, made of any of a variety of materials depending on the purpose. A common type of wristband is the loops of silicone that are placed around the wrist. In the early to mid 2000s, these bracelets made of silicone became popular. They are worn to demonstrate the wearer's support of a cause or charitable organization, similar to awareness ribbons. Such wristbands are sometimes called awareness bracelets to distinguish them from other types of wristbands.

Silicone wristbands gained popularity in 2004 when the Lance Armstrong Foundation introduced its trademark yellow silicone Livestrong wristband to raise support for cancer research. By early 2005, silicone wristbands became popular with many charities, such as Make Poverty History and the BBC’s Beat Bullying campaign. Other wristbands include wristbands for kidney donation (green), breast cancer (pink), diabetes (blue), multiple sclerosis (orange), epilepsy (half blue/ half red), Hurricane Katrina (ocean blue mixed with white), and so on and so on. In general, the color of the band describes its cause and the colors are often same as the colors of awareness ribbon.

These silicone wristbands can also be used for identification purposes. They are to be worn around the wrist demonstrating the wearer’s authorization to be at a venue.
Today silicone wristbands have gone a step ahead of supporting charitable causes and may organizations are harnessing the power of this powerful, low cost and diverse silicone wristband for promotional purposes. Not only can silicone wristbands be made with a debossed or embossed design, they can also be silk screen printed, color filled or laser engraved. They can be virtually made out of any PMS color: silicone wrist bands can be single color, segmented colors or have tye dye effect. The can even be made to glow in the dark or may have a scent in them. One of the latest segments is the combination of USB drive and silicone wristband. The USB – Silicone wristband has slowly gained popularity. As a USB port at its end and can be used perfectly as a portable pen drive. Many in promotional products industry think that this USB wristband will keep on slowly gaining popularity and may become the big bestseller for technologically inclined geeks and nerds.

Wristbands are also used to good effect in hospitals. Hospital wristbands are commonly used as a safety devise for identifying patients undergoing medical care. Available in a variety of sizes to accommodate patients as small as newborns and as large as obese adults, hospital wristbands can be handwritten, debossed, laser engraved or thermal – imaged with names, pictures, medical record numbers, barcodes and other personal identities.

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