the top 4 ways to add logo on insulated cooler bags

Except our own brand of insulated cooler bags, we also customize insulated cooler bags for different clients all over the world. For customization, normally need to add clients’ own logo. So how to add different types of logos to the insulated cooler bag? Actually there are many different methods, like printing, embroidery, woven label, rubber patch, leather patch and etc. Now let’s take a look of the top 4 ways used in cooler bag industry.

Top 1: Printing.

- Silkscreen Printing: If it’s a small logo with less colors, like one or 2 colors, and only need to print at one or two locations, then it’s better use silkscreen printing. This printing method is almost suitable to all types of fabrics. Moreover it only takes 2-3 days to create the printing film, it’s time effective. But it can not print logos with gradient colors. Please see the following images for reference of the printing effect:

   - Hot Stamping. For smaller logos with gradient colors, the best choice is use hot stamping printing. It’s suitable for PP non-woven fabric, recycled PET non-woven fabric, polyester oxford fabric, nylon fabric as well as PU, PVC fabric. Printing effect as below:

- Digital printing / sublimation printing. If it’s full color logo and print all over the bag, then we choose to use digital printing or sublimation printing. This printing method is normally only suitable for these fabric which can stand high temperature, such as polyester oxford fabric, PET or recycled PET non-woven fabric and poly cotton fabric. Digital printing is normally used for sample process or small quantity orders, it does not need to setup printing rollers, so it’s time and cost effective. For big quantity orders, we need to use sublimation printing, it takes 10-15 days to setup printing rollers, so production time is a little longer.

- Rotogravure printing. If the insulated cooler bag is made with PP woven or PP non-woven fabric, and it’s full color all over printing, then has to use this printing method. The logos are printed on OPP film and then laminated to the fabric, the printing effect is very good and won’t fade for a long time. It takes 10-15 days to create the printing rollers and there’s minimum printing charges, for small quantity orders, do not suggest use this printing method.

Top 2: Embroidery

Some clients like embroidery logos better than printing logos, they think it looks more exquisite and tridimensional. But for small logos with thin letters or lines, which is not suitable for embroidering.

Top 3: Leather patch

Leather patch label is very popular too. If the cooler bags are made with PU fabric, then the logos can be debossed or embossed on PU fabric directly. Otherwise the logos need to be debossed or embossed on a separate PU patch and then stitch to the cooler bags.

Top 4: Rubber patch

Some clients prefer to rubber patch labels. The logo is normally embossed on a PVC patch, and then stitch it to the cooler bags. The patch can be made with different shapes, like rectangle, square, round and oval. It also can be customized with different colors.

So, among the above 4 ways, which one do you like the most?