What To Check Before Buying Two Wheel Shopping Trolley Bags

What To Check Before Buying Two Wheel Shopping Trolley Bags

Trolleys are the one product in a promotional bag range with moving parts, and the parts are where they fail.

The Frame Decides The Product

Fabric is the visible part; the frame is the part that gets returned. Check the tube wall, the folding joint and how the frame behaves when it is loaded and tipped rather than when it is standing empty in a showroom.

Wheels And Kerbs

A trolley lives on pavements and kerbs. Wheel diameter and how the axle is fixed determine whether it climbs a kerb or has to be lifted. Larger wheels roll over rough ground more easily; small hard wheels are quieter on smooth floors but stop dead at a lip.

Two-wheel folding shopping trolley with patterned bag body

See the product: Folding Shopping Trolley With Large Wheels In Teal

The Bag Body

The body is normally a coated polyester, which is why trolleys accept bright all-over prints that a cotton bag would not hold. Check the top closure and whether the body can be removed for cleaning, because a shopping trolley collects spills.

Folding shopping trolley with printed polyester bag body

See the product: Folding Shopping Trolley In Light Blue With Butterfly Print

Folded Size Is A Shipping Cost

Trolleys ship as volume, not weight. Folded dimensions and how they nest in a carton have a direct effect on freight per unit, and that difference is often larger than the difference between two suppliers' unit prices.

Test It Loaded

When a sample arrives, load it with what a customer would actually carry, then fold it, unfold it and take it up a kerb. Faults that never appear in an empty showroom trolley appear within a minute of doing that.

Questions

Questions From This Guide

Can the trolley body carry our own all-over design?

Yes. The coated polyester body is well suited to full-colour all-over printing, which is why most trolleys in this range carry a pattern rather than a small logo.

How are trolleys packed for export?

Folded and cartoned. Because freight is charged on volume, folded dimensions and carton quantity are confirmed before packing so the landed cost is predictable.

Apply This To Your Own Programme

Send your artwork, the quantity and the date the goods must arrive, and the choices in this guide will be made against your actual job.