Four things the wristband comes with

How the security works

An access-control wristband is worth exactly what it costs to defeat it. Here are the four mechanisms, explained by what they do rather than what they promise.

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A sheet of A&C wristbands photographed under blacklight: the security symbols glow blue next to the sequential numbering

One of our sheets under blacklight

Under normal light that symbol is not there. This is a real photograph of an A&C sheet lit by blacklight: the security symbol appears, next to the sequential number printed in black.

Four things the wristband comes with

How it gets checked at the door

Six closed Tyvek® wristbands in a row: yellow, neon orange, fuchsia, neon green, blue and purple Back of the wristband with the A&C watermark printed diagonally across the material
Close-up of the back: the double chevron and the A&C lettering of the watermark, with the company e-mail and phone printed into the material
01 · Watermark on the back On top, the side you see: the coloured body, the white window with the security die-cut and the sequential number. Below, the back, printed with the watermark. Printed into the material, not stuck on top. It is what makes forgery impossible: to copy the band you have to copy the paper. Enlarged: this is the watermark up close, printed into the material itself.
A wristband on a forearm lit by a blacklight torch: the security symbols glow blue

02 · UV-ink symbol

A mark printed in invisible ink, visible only under black light. Checked at the door in one second, and impossible to fake by eye.

Sheet of wristbands with the sequential number printed on each one

03 · Sequential numbering

Every wristband carries its printed number and comes in perforated sheets of 10 — quick to tear at the door, and the count reconciles at the end of the night.

Wristband with the release liner peeling away, showing the adhesive layer

04 · Single use

The thick adhesive layer leaves the wristband useless once it is peeled off. It opens once, and that's it.

Neon green wristband on a wrist, printed with the word PREFERENCIAS

With your text printed on it

Single-colour printing of your logo or text is included in the price of the Tyvek® wristband. The print film is charged separately, once per artwork.

Two hands tearing a light blue wristband off the perforated sheet

Torn off the sheet

They come in perforated sheets of 10. At the door you tear them off one at a time, no scissors, nothing to cut.

UV security mark

Of the four, the UV mark is the least visible and the most useful. It is ink that is invisible to the naked eye and shows up under a black light costing less than a box of wristbands. At the door the check is instant, and anyone trying to fake the band on a home printer will copy the colour and the logo — but not the mark they cannot see.

Actual size

1.9 cm 25 cm · 10"

1.9 cm wide by 25 cm long (3/4" × 10"). Fits an adult or a child's wrist without going loose.

01

Tamper-evident die-cut

The security die-cut makes it impossible to remove without destroying it. There is no way to take it off intact and put it on another wrist.

02 Nobody else offers this here

UV security mark

A mark printed in invisible ink, visible only under black light. Checked at the door in one second, and impossible to fake by eye.

03

Single use

The thick adhesive layer leaves the wristband useless once it is peeled off. It opens once, and that's it.

04

Sequential numbering

Every wristband carries its printed number and comes in perforated sheets of 10 — quick to tear at the door, and the count reconciles at the end of the night.