Avery Waterproof Printable Shipping Labels with Sure Feed, 2" x 4", White, 100 Blank Mailing Labels (15513)

Use the Thick paper setting on your laser printer. The first label that I printed on our high speed office copier was terrible. The toner was smudged and peeling. Clearly there was a fusing problem. Then I remembered there is a dialog box where you can tell the printer what type of paper you have. Mine was set to "plain and recycled", which was clearly the problem for these labels. I switched to "Thick 3", the printer worked more slowly, but the toner was properly fused.

Great product, me and my wife own a commercial cleaning business and we kept using the wrong labels for our spray bottles, these Avery waterproof shipping labels were just what we needed. They are very much waterproof and the text on them is bright and clear. I was a little hesitant because some reviews mentioned that the ink would smear on the labels but after some research I realized they were probably using an ink jet printer instead of a laser printer which is what the product requires. I gambled on them and I’m glad I did, turns out it was right. Just use a laser printer and they work great.

So far so good. I bought these to label bottles for water quality samples. Right now I use the Avery 2" x 4" shipping labels that are not weatherproof. They work well but we have to tape them to make them waterproof. We use two 2" x 6" tape strips to completely cover the label. This is an added expense and requires more time to prepare the bottles for sampling. I printed up one page of labels (10 individual labels) and put them on our sampling bottles. We use a color xerox laser printer for printing labels as we use color on our labels. I then threw the bottles into a cooler filled with ice and water and left them overnight to simulate how we hold our water samples. I checked the labels the next day and they looked perfect. I rubbed my fingers over the labels to see if the ink or label would rub off and the labels look and felt like they did when I printed them out. The water looks to bead off the label like a vinyl sticker. I left the bottles in the cold water with the labels attached for the weekend and will check them out come Monday. I was very impressed though as I did not expect the labels to work so well as they are described as weatherproof. The only issue I had was the labels arrived with some text on all the labels. It almost looked like a water mark of the Avery logo and some text. Amazon took care of the issue so I can not complain about it but just warn those to look at the labels before printing to see if they have any marks on them and if they do get Amazon to refund the purchase price. I will update soon with my findings and with pictures but so far so good. ***UPDATE*** The labels survived 72 hours in the water with ease. I pulled the bottles out and while they were still wet I tried rubbing the ink off. I could not get the ink off at all. These are the real deal waterproof labels. I did try to remove the ink so I sprayed the labels with acetone and the ink after a few seconds of spraying started to come off. This was just to test the resistance to a known chemical. If you are using these labels around chemicals be mindful of that. I would say that these are the best labels I have used to date.

Ink smears like crazy! Returning. What good is a waterproof label if the ink never dries?

Work well for what i wanted

If you use these labels in an ink jet printer, the printing is not waterproof.

Used these on a package for retail stores when we ran out of our custom printed labels. Excellent quality, excellent adhesion, great price relative to the price at OfficeMax. Very pleased.

My favorite size Avery labels. Great for addresses, and labeling folders

These work brilliantly! We use these to label our homemade concoctions; like tinctures, tooth soaps, mouthwash, essential oil blends, etc. Many of these bottles live in the shower and bathroom and the water proof labels hold up perfectly, with no bleed after many many months. Very satisfied.

Fonctionne parfaitement tel qu'indiqué.

Très utile pour créer des étiquettes pour enfants qui laissent traîner leur matériel partout. Très recommandé pour toute utilisation, belle qualité de papier.

The labels may have been waterproof but even with a laser printer the printing smudged. Would not by again.

We use these on certain stones in a family cemetery. We have QR codes of links to material about prominent family members. We put a bunch in place a couple of years ago and the stickers are still in place with no fading or loss of adhesion. However, the template is a pain to use.