How To Measure Mailers

If you’re like most people, finding the right size of bubble mailers to ship your item can be a little tricky. Sure, you can see that a #000 bubble mailer is 4″ x 8″ and a #5 is 10 1/2″ x 16″, but sometimes it’s hard to visualize what fits in what size bubble mailer. So we thought we would make a list of common items and the perfect bubble mailer to use to ship them. #000- 4″ x 8″: baseball cards, coins, jewelry, medicine bottles #00- 5 3/4″ x 9″: cell phones #0 – 6″ x 10″: 1 DVD, 1 CD,XBOX game, #1-7.5″ x 12″: #2- 8.5″ x 12″: 2 DVDs, note pads #3 – 8.5″ x 14.5″: 3 DVDs, #4 – 9.5″ x 14.5″: paper back books, 4 DVDs, magazines #5 – 10.5″ x 16″: 6 DVDs, big books, photo frames, hardback books #6 – 12.5″ x 19″: 8 DVDs, #7 – 14.5″ x 20″: 12 DVDs Jiffy Mailers Choosing the Correct Mailer Width of Mailer: (W) Width of product + (T) Thickness of product + ½ inch Length of Mailer: (L) Length of product + (T) Thickness of product + 2 inches Example: A video cassette, packaged in a standard video mailer box 7 ½ inches x 4 inches x 1 inch (L x W x T) To Determine Width of Mailer: Width of product (Inches) 4 Thickness of product (Inches) 1 + ½ Inch + ½ Minimum width of Mailer 5 ½ To Determine Length of Mailer: Length of product (inches) 7 ½ Thickness of product (inches) 1 + 2 inches 2 Minimum 10 ½ TuffGard Extreme Mailer Width of Mailer: (W) Width of product + (T) Thickness of product + 1 inch Length of Mailer: (L) Length of product + (T) Thickness of product + 2 ½ inches Examples: Two video game cartridges 6 ½ x 6 inches x 1 inch (L x W x T) To Determine Width of Mailer: Width of Product (inches) 6 Thickness of product (inches) 1 + 1 inch +1 Minimum width of mailer (inches) 8 To Determine Length of Mailer Length of product (inches) 9 Thickness of product (inches) 1 + 2 ½ inches +2 ½ Minimum length of mailer (inches) 12 ½ Jiffy Rigi Bag Mailers Example of item less than ¼ inch thick Width of Mailer: (W) Width of Product + 1 inch Length of Mailer: (L) Length of product + 1 inch Example: Photographs 8 inchers x 10 inches x ¼ inch (L x W x T) To Determine Width of Mailer: Width of product 8 + 1 inch +1 Minimum width of mailer (inches) 9 To Determine Length of Mailer Length of product (inches) 10 + 1 inch +1 Minimum length of mailer (inches) 11 Jiffy Rigi Bag Mailers Example of item between ¼ inch and ½ thick Width of Mailer: (W) Width of product + 3 inches Length of Mailer: (L) Length of product + 3 inches Example: book 9 inches x 12 inches x 1 inch (L x W x T) To Determine Width of Mailer: Width of Product (inches) 9 + 3 inches + 3 Minimum width of mailer (inches) 12