Being part of the Gadgeteer team has been absolutely awesome. Having the opportunity to test cool, new gadgets has been the experience of a lifetime. However, as great as it is being part of the team, it does come with one big problem….clutter.

Easy to set up; Feature rich; Several different tape options

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Standalone label printers like the Brother P-touch D210 ($39.99) come in two basic designs: handheld and desktop. Handhelds are longer than they are wide, so you can hold them in one hand while using the other to enter text for the label. They usually have ABCD keyboards. Desktop designs are wider, making them hard to hold as you type—unless you have large hands—but they also have QWERTY keyboards, which makes entering text a lot easier. The PT-D210 ($34.99 at Amazon) is one of the better examples of the desktop category, making it our Editors' Choice for an inexpensive, standalone label printer. The PT-D210's competition includes handheld models like the Brother P-touch PT-H100 ($34.99 at Amazon) and the Dymo LetraTag 100H Plus ($34.99 at Amazon) , along with other desktop models, most notably the Dymo LetraTag Plus LT-100T ($34.99 at Amazon) . All four of these label printers are small, light, inexpensive, and capable. The PT-D210 stands out for having both a QWERTY keyboard an...

The Brother P-touch D210 is an inexpensive, standalone label printer that can print laminated plastic labels on 12mm-wide (not quite 0.5-inch) tapes.

Inexpensive; Easy to use; QWERTY keyboard; Can save up to 30 label definitions; Prints laminated plastic labels on tapes up to 12mm (roughly 0.5-inch) wide

LCD isn't backlit; Doesn't connect to a PC or Mac

This brother pt-d210vp desktop label printer is a high quality product as brother is a very known company. This product prints labels very fast and its very efficient. I recommend this product to anyone that wants to be organised.

works great and no hiccups; simple and easy to use; gets the job done

I know its listed with this but for real it should come with batteries or a cable; It's 2016; eletronic devices should come with some form of power supply

Makes high quality labels. There are many uses. Prices vary, so check that part too.

I've been using my Brother label maker for about 4 weeks now and boy do I love it! The features are awesome you can save label names, lots of funky fonts, styles and borders to choose from it's soo easy to use my 6 year old had a blast labelling all her back to school stationary and books.

My first label maker, I like it. It did come with a sample amount of tape, and a list of what sizes and model numbers fit with machine. Does not come with a cord to plug into the wall, but you can buy one separately. You will need batteries to use this otherwise.

For many home users, the Brother PT-D210 is all the label maker they'll ever need. You get more than a dozen fonts, lots of decorative borders and 600-plus icons to dress up your labels. However, the PT-D210 can only print on tapes up to 1/2 wide, and there's no AC adapter included.

Durable; crisply printed labels; Easy to use; Loads of on-board fonts; borders and icons

No AC adapter included; Can only print on tapes up to 1/2 inch wide

Easy to use and ample options for style and font!

Great price for what you get compared to others on the market. Good device to get everything labelled and organized.

Great Price; Portable; Easy to type

Default settings wastes a lot of tape; No AC adapter included