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Flexible clear badge holders protect your ID cards or credentials from cracking, bending, water damage, fading, print transfer and more. Affordable and lightweight, clear badge holders are a wise choice for organizations looking to extend the life of their ID cards. Choose from ID Wholesaler’s selection of flexible badge holders, available in a variety of sizes and styles, in both horizontal and vertical formats.
Looking for something specific? We offer standard vinyl holders, texturized vinyl holders, smart card holders, anti-print transfer holders, color bar and color frame holders, antimicrobial holders, reflective holders, arm band holders, earth-friendly holders, and more!
There are a few important factors to consider before placing an order for flexible badge holders that will help you determine which holder is best for you.
As compared to rigid badge holders, flexible holders offer a number of benefits:
Anti-print transfer badge holders are made from a non-stick material that protects ID cards by preventing dye migration or print transfer. With anti-print transfer badge holders, the text and imagery printed to your cards stays intact longer, even when exposed to heat and pressure.
Print transfer, also known as dye migration, commonly affects cards within flexible badge holders that are worn outdoors or that have been left inside a vehicle in the sun. Heat, as well as pressure, can cause text and imagery on non-laminated ID cards to leak or transfer onto standard badge holders.
See the card at the right as an example. The card was placed inside a standard badge holder and left in a hot car for several days. After being removed from the holder, you can see that some of the printed area had transferred from the card to its badge holder. Anti-print transfer badge holders prevent this from happening, effectively prolonging the life and quality of credentials.
A Badge Buddy is a laminated or plastic card with a color bar and text that is designed to lay behind an existing ID badge to readily identify the title or role of the person wearing it. In this way, Badge Buddies provide a color-coding system for personnel that may prove useful within healthcare facilities, Government facilities, schools and other environments where immediate role recognition is an asset. Larger in size than a standard ID card, Badge Buddies go behind and extend beyond one’s ID badge. They come pre-slotted and can be used with existing badge reels, badge clips or lanyards.
Because they are separate from actual ID cards or badges, Badge Buddies are a reusable and cost-efficient means of personnel identification and access control. Standard Badge Buddies feature the following designations: ‘LPN’, ‘RN’, and ‘DOCTOR’, and custom Badge Buddies can be ordered to display other job titles (e.g., ‘EMT’, ‘Volunteer’ or ‘Dental Hygienist’). Custom Badge Buddies can be customized to include emergency codes and other reference material printed above the color bar so that badge wearers can quickly access the information when it is needed.
Arm band badge holders are ideal for physically active personnel, military personnel, industrial workers, baggage handlers, and others who can't wear lanyards or badge reels due to safety hazards or physical demands. They can be worn on the forearm or upper arm to safely display ID without restricting movement or presenting safety risks, and typically feature a clear, vinyl display area for carrying ID, as well as an adjustable or elastic arm band that may or may not feature a Velcro closure.
Note: Arm band badge holders are available for standard ID card size and government/military size inserts – they do not support event size cards.