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A good label maker can be portable and hand-held, attached to your computer via USB, or somewhere in between, but it needs to print good labels that are readable and last, whether they’re in a filing cabinet, your pantry, or your freezer. This week we’re looking at five of the best, based on your recommendations.

Earlier in the week we asked you for your favorite label makers based on those criteria. You gave us a ton of great options that can print everything from simple labels for your plastic containers in the pantry to heavy mailing labels, but we only have room for the top five. Here they are, in no particular order.

DYMO Rhino Industrial 4200

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If you need an label maker that can pump out labels quickly, go with you just about anywhere, has a library of over 150 symbols as well as all the standard letters and numbers you need, and can do it all in a worksite-friendly package with an easy to use QWERTY keyboard and LCD display, the DYMO Rhino 4200 is a good bet. It’ll set you back about $52 at Amazon, and while it’s a little on the bulky side, it’s capable of printing wire or cable wraps, label flags, wide and long labels, fixed-length labels, and more, for whatever you might need to organize. The Rhino 4200 can also print on more than standard black-on-white or black-on-clear labels: You can also print directly onto flexible nylon, polyester and vinyl, or even right onto heat-shrink tubing. It’s also ruggedized, with rubber bumpers on all four corners to protect it from drops, shocks, and falls. It also works with DYMO’s range of industrial labels, which gives you a bit more flexibility in the type of material you use to label your stuff.

Those of you who nominated the Rhino 4200 praised it for being able to easily label heat shrink tubing, cables, and other items around the house (and around work sites) that require a more durable label and label maker than you might need in your home office or in the kitchen at home. That said, a few of you noted that it performs just as well on light duty around the house as it does when you’re wiring your house for Ethernet or working in the garage, and it’s not terribly expensive for the features it offers. You can read more in its nomination thread here, or another thread dedicated to the Rhino series.

Epson LW-300

Epson’s LW-300 is a household label maker that’s earned top marks from The Sweethome (The Wirecutter’s cousin dedicated to household items), is capable of printing quickly in over 14 different fonts, 10 different text styles, over 300 built-in symbols, 75 different label “frames,” and more. The LW-300 has built-in memory that supports 30 different “files,” or labels you can call up and print out quickly without having to re-enter those labels’ style, contents, and font. It’s comfortable to use two-handed, has a QWERTY keyboard, an LCD screen, and does everything completely free of a computer, so you don’t need to plug it into your PC for anything. It’s capable of printing two lined labels, supports specialty labels like reflective tapes, iron on labels, and decorative tapes, and it’s small enough to go anywhere, whether you’re using it in the kitchen to label containers or you’re in the office labeling file folders. Best of all, it’s affordable, and will only set you back about $26 at Amazon.

Those of you who nominated it pointed out that it has all of the features most people need from a label maker if they’re using it for organizational purposes, and it’s cheap. The battery lasts a good long time, the low-margin labels cut down on wasted paper (which costs money to replace, obviously), and The Sweethome notes that it was the most comfortable to use of the label makers they tested. They also praised the LW-300 for having easy-to-press keys (as opposed to super spongy and difficult to use keys that are common on a lot of label makers), and for making printing complicated labels with lots of symbols and punctuation really easy. You can read more in its nomination thread here.

Brother PT90

The Brother PT-90 is a simple, easy to use label maker that won’t break the bank (it’s only $17 at Amazon but some of you reported lower prices in local office supply stores) and that gets the job done without a ton of extra bells and whistles. The simple screen is a one-line display and the labeler itself has a simple QWERTY keyboard that makes lettering and numbering your labels simple. It supports up eight different kinds of custom labels, can print one or two lines of text in nine type styles, and close to 200 different punctuation marks and symbols. It’s designed largely for home office application, although the labels can be used for organizing kitchen cabinets or the pantry as well. It even supports some laminated and non-laminated tape types, so if you’re looking for a label that’ll stand the test of time, you can have it (as long as you buy the right tape.) If you’re not in the market for a more complicated model with tons of symbols or features, this might be the one for you.

Those of you who praised it noted that while you get what you pay for in terms of features and complexity, many of you just don’t need all of the extra stuff in a simple label maker—you just want to type in what you want a label to say, and press print. For that, this is a perfect model. You can power it on AAA batteries, it’s easy to use one handed or two handed, and it’s cheap. You praised the labels it printed for being clean and clear without smudging, and it’s small enough to fit in a desk drawer without taking up a ton of space. You can read more in its nomination thread here.

DYMO LetraTag Plus LT-100H

The DYMO LetraTag Plus LT-100H is a one-handed, “personal” label maker, designed to be used quickly and easily with a single hand, an alphabetical keyboard, and is narrow enough to fit into a pocket or into a bag. Unlike wider, more robust models, this one uses simple, top-loading replaceable tape and bottom-loading replaceable batteries, and is designed firmly for small office or household use. The LetraTag’s huge LCD display is a nice feature though, and it uses its phaser-like shape to really expand that screen so you can see all of the lines you’re printing, the options you have available, and easily let you switch between the five different built-in font sizes, seven print styles, various box and frame styles, and entries in its 9-label internal memory. It can even print your label with a date stamp, or print in three different languages. The LetraTag LT tape comes in plastic, metallic, laminated, and even magnetic and iron-on label varieties, so you can choose a tape and load it quickly depending on what you need to do. It can even print on thermal paper. Best of all, it’s also affordable—only $25 at Amazon.

Those of you who nominated it praised it for being easy to use with one hand and for being portable—and while it can get a little tricky to use two-handed (since most of us are used to QWERTY keyboards), you get used to it quickly. It packs a lot of features into a cheap and portable label-maker, and while you probably won’t use it often in office environments where speed matters more than portability, or if you need multiple label sizes as opposed to types, it’s a great buy for the home office or just for organizing around the house. You even noted that it comes with a wall mount for easy storage. You can read more in its nomination thread here.

Brother P-Touch PT-1230PC

If you need a label maker that connects to your computer and can print from just about any application, or need to print barcodes, the P-Touch PT-1230PC might be a good option for you. It’s a small, simple USB label printer that’s small enough to fit just about anywhere next to your computer. It’s powered by AAA batteries, so you don’t need to plug it in to a powered USB port, any hub will work with it, and you don’t even need special software to make use of it—just connect it to your computer, add it as a printer (if Windows doesn’t auto-detect it, and mind you, Brother says it’s Windows only), and print from any text editor. (Although if you want, you can download Brother’s P-Touch Editor and use their software.) The printer itself prints 12mm, laminated labels, and prints them pretty quickly, so if you have a big organizing job you need to accomplish, or you label folders, storage containers, or documents often at work, you can do it without leaving your computer with this model. It can even print multiple lines, supports TrueType fonts, and can even print graphics. In short, if your computer can print it, the label maker can give it a try, too. It’s $39 at Amazon.

Those of you who nominated the PT-1230PC praised it for being easy to use and portable like a hand-held label maker is, but also for giving you the option to connect it to a PC and make use of the fonts, languages, punctuation, and symbols available in Windows without limiting you to whatever the label maker already knows. You mentioned you used it to label cables, PCs, storage bins, and more, and it sits right next to your computer’s monitor, just next to a USB port. You also noted that you used yours frequently for printing barcodes for asset tracking or organization, which is a boon that none of the others in our roundup support. You can read more in its nomination thread here.

Now that you’ve seen the top five, it’s time to put them to an all out vote to determine the Lifehacker community favorite:

Honorable Mentions

This week’s honorable mention goes out to the Graphic Products Duralabel Pro series, which a few of you called out specifically for being the natural step up if you need a computer-connected label maker that’s capable of doing it all and doing everything quickly. Whether you’re printing mailing labels, office labels, durable labels that can stand weather or outdoor exposure, simple storage container labels, or anything else, this is the company that makes some of the most versatile label makers in the business, at price points for the home office or the enterprise. Plus, they make printers and paper and tape that can go just about anywhere, including adhesive vinyl, heat shrink tubing, magnetic labels, laminated plastic, and more. You can read its nomination thread here.

Have something to say about one of the contenders? Want to make the case for your personal favorite, even if it wasn’t included in the list? Remember, the top five are based on your most popular nominations from the call for contenders thread from earlier in the week. Don’t just complain about the top five, let us know what your preferred alternative is—and make your case for it—in the discussions below.

The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it didn’t get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it’s a bit of a popularity contest. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!

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