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How to Find The Best Promotional Stress Balls For Promoting Your Business

There are many things to consider when looking for good quality promotional stress balls to promote your company.  Many factories in China produce these fun stress toys but many are not worth importing and you would not want your logo printed on them.  On the other hand, there are a few excellent suppliers who produce good quality stress relievers.  Promotional gifts suppliers that specialize in promotional stress balls know who the good Far East suppliers are.  Here are five things to look for when ordering promotional stress balls.

Good Quality PU Foam:  Ask you suppliers to see samples.  If you ask for samples from a few companies, you will most likely get stress balls of varying quality.  Some will be hard while other will be very squishy slow releasing foam.  This is what you should expect from a stress ball.  The harder versions are substandard and will not represent your company well.  In fact, they could work against you.

Good Quality Stress Balls at A Low Price:  There are companies in the UK and US that bring in stress balls by the thousands and then sell them to promotional gift suppliers who then sell them on to their customers.  You will know when this is the case because their prices will be substantially higher than those who work directly with a manufacturer and import the products themselves.  It is definitely worth getting quotations from a few companies to ensure you are not paying over the odds.

Good Quality Print:  Stress balls that are purchased from stress ball wholesalers are normally pad printed.  Although this does not look bad, pad printing is no where near the quality of transfer printing.  Ask your supplier to see both types of print.   If they cannot do this, you should probably look elsewhere.  In order to make an informed choice, you need to see both types of print!

Good Quality Base Coloring: If you are having stress balls manufactured in a certain colour, you need to ask that they are actually manufactured in PU that is that color.  Many lesser quality balls are manufactured with white PU and then sprayed the color of choice.  These will look good when you receive them but the print will not last.  Over time it will begin to crack.

Good Quality Spray Colours:  Many stress balls need to be sprayed additional colours.  For example an apple stress ball might be manufactured in red but it will need other colours sprayed on to make it look like an apples such as dark brown core.  When you receive your sample stress balls, make sure to give them a few hundred good squeezes.  Good quality spray on colours should adhere to the product and not crack. 

It is important to remember that stress balls are manufactured to promote and to have fun.  No stress ball will last forever.  Over time the print may crack and the stress ball will begin to discolor.  If you look for high quality stress balls, they will last much longer promoting your business much longer as well.

By Dan Toombs

CompuGift Limited