foam packing beads: Where can I buy some

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Can anyone tell me where i might be able to buy locally those large foam packaging bead that many astronomy items come packed with?

[FredSnerd (Claude)]

You thought of places that manufacture bean bags or maybe Clerk rubber. Just a thought

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Might give Clarke Rubber a call. thanks

[renormalised (Carl)]

They'd be your best bet, Paul. They usually stock stuff like this.

[starlooker (Duc)]

Pity you're not in Perth, I've got 9 boxes of them. They will all end up in the bin.

I sell books, and the distributor ships the books in boxes packed with them.

[Ian Robinson]

Wish you'd posted this 2 weeks ago, I just turfed out a stack of them when I did my spring cleaned and purged stuff in my garage. (It was a pig sty).
I had a big removalist's box full of them and they went into the recycling bin.

Try Pack and Send .

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Unfortunately Clarke Rubber only has the bean bag beans, but Officeworks look like coming to the party. Only small amounts but enough to do what I need.

[erick (Eric)]

Rummage through Officeworks skip on a weekend, I reckon!

[dugnsuz (Doug)]

Pack & Send...
http://www.packsend.com.au/storelocator/#

Doug

[gary]

Originally Posted by [1ponders]

Can anyone tell me where i might be able to buy locally those large foam packaging bead that many astronomy items come packed with?

Hi Paul,

If you have an industrial estate nearby, then often you will find a place selling
cardboard boxes, packing tape and bags of packing beads.

If the beads are not for long term use but simply for packing a box that will go
in transit, I highly recommend the 100% organic biodegradable type which we use
ourselves. They are just as good as the petro-chemical beads but will dissolve in
water. Australian manufactured brand names include Bio-Fi.

Walking along otherwise beautiful Queensland beaches in recent years, I have
become increasing alarmed by the number of non-biodegradable packing beads
that get washed ashore. People dispose of them in wheelie bins but during the
airborne transfer from the bin to the garbage truck, sometimes they can float free and
make their way into the gutters and eventually the storm water.

Best regards

Gary Kopff
Mt Kuring-Gai

[troypiggo (Troy)]

I'll sell you some. Cost you $2000 and they'll be just the same amount that a GSO RC 8" comes packed in. Happy to help.

[[1ponders] (Paul)]

Thanks guys. picked some up from OW this afternoon.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Dammit. I mean, good one.