More likely than not you're using bubble wrap wrong
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More likely than not you're using bubble wrap wrong
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#2I am using it for stress relief and today brother, if that’s wrong I don’t want to be right.
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#3Summary: Bubbles should face inward.
Article lacks evidence to support its titular claim that most instances of bubble-wrapping, or most bubble-wrapping wrappers, face the bubbles outward.
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#4I am using it for stress relief and today brother, if that’s wrong I don’t want to be right.
I recommend bubbles inward, when you wrap yourself in it and sleep in the closet.
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#5My guess is that the flat side provides a better surface for distributing pressure so long as the thing you are wrapping isn't a porcupine.
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#6I am ironically disappointed to learn that I have always been using bubble wrap correctly.
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#7>Not convinced?
>Below, what Perplexity Pro had to say.
When will this be as socially embarrassing as sending someone a “let me google that for you” link?
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#8My guess is that the flat side provides a better surface for distributing pressure so long as the thing you are wrapping isn't a porcupine.
Well, the most obvious thing would be that the airpockets created by in-between the bubbles _have to_ be on the inside next to the item, otherwise there is no air pockets at all, so obviously the bubbles most face inwards.
That's how I was thinking about it before this article at least.
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#9My guess is that the flat side provides a better surface for distributing pressure so long as the thing you are wrapping isn't a porcupine.
Mine as well.
Imagine a small enough object, like a tip of a screwdriver, or a table's corner, touching an object wrapped bubbles out.
It simply makes contact with the object - here covered with only a very thin layer of plastic - between the bubbles, and given enough force, damages the object.
With bubbles inwards, it has to pierce or stretch the now airgapped layer of plastic first.
Even with multiple layers, bubbles inside give +1 airgapped layer.
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#10I am ironically disappointed to learn that I have always been using bubble wrap correctly.
If it makes you feel better, I can tell you that using any form of plastic for shipping safety is bad and you should feel bad about it, because we have better alternatives like paper or even mycelium-based packaging matreials?