Prismatic Grade Reflective Sheeting HS1620 (Cheaper Price)
- Cheaper Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting Vinyl Film Material HS1620 for Temporary Traffic Signages of 4-6 Years (Money Saving & Reliable)
- Cheap Alternatives and similar to 3M, Avery or Orafol Oralite Prismatic Retro Reflective Sheeting and Vinyl Film (e.g. 3M HIP 3930, Avery T6500 or Orafol Oralite 5900/5910/5930 /5931/5960)
- Micro Prismatic Reflective Tape Available
- Higher Retro-reflection (e.g. white color as high as 600+ and even 700+ cd/lux at 0.2/-4 degree)
- Proven Better Performance Than Other China Suppliers
- One of Our Best Sellers for Cost-Efficient Sign Sheeting
- 15+ Years Supplying Worldwide & Welcomed by Clients with More Sales
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3M, Avery Dennison or Orafol Oralite Prismatic Reflective Vinyl Film Cheap Alternatives
If you need a cheaper micro prismatic reflective sheeting vinyl film for temporary traffic signs (say, 4-6 years outdoor durability) that has consistently reliable quality, please check below.
Toptend is a reliable top China manufacturer supplier of retro-reflective sheeting vinyl for traffic safety signages and conspicuity tape of both prismatic and glass bead with 15+ years of experience. Our supplies are similar to 3M, Avery Dennison, or Orafol Oralite quality (e.g. HS1620 is cheap alternatives to 3M 3930 high intensity prismatic HIP reflective vinyl film, Avery T6500, or Orafol Oralite 5900, 5910, 5930, 5931 or 5960).
Our Reflective Sign Sheeting is specially designed and manufactured to meet your requirements of reliable quality at affordable costs! And you will get them at cheap factory prices that work to compete well in your market!
More importantly, you will avoid quality problems that occur from other reflective sheets or vinyl film suppliers (see below real cases).
What Is Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting Material?
Microprismatic reflective sheeting is a type of reflective material that uses tiny prisms to reflect light back toward its source. These prisms help road signs stay bright and easy to see at night when vehicle headlights shine on them.
It differs from glass bead reflective sheeting, which uses small glass beads to return light, microprismatic sheeting uses precisely formed prism structures. This Micro Prismatic Retro Reflective Sheeting design can provide higher retroreflectivity, especially for traffic signs that need better visibility at night. Many suppliers also refer micro prismatic reflective sheeting to micro prismatic reflective film.
What Does Micro Prismatic Reflective Film Mean?
Microprismatic reflective film is a retroreflective material that uses thousands of tiny prisms formed in a polymer layer. Unlike glass bead retro-reflective materials, it redirects incoming light back toward its source, helping traffic signs stay brighter and more visible over long distances and at different viewing angles.
What is Micro Prismatic Reflective Tape
Microprismatic reflective tape is a retro-reflective tape that uses thousands of tiny prisms to reflect light back toward its source. Its prism-based optical structure provides stronger nighttime visibility and helps people and vehicles remain more visible in low-light conditions than the beaded engineer grade materials.
Microprismatic reflective tape is widely used for vehicle markings, safety barriers, trailers, post bands, traffic cone collars and other safety applications. Its brightness, viewing angle, and service life depend on the material grade and design.
For road safety and industrial use, buyers should check the relevant performance standards, material types and outdoor durability before selecting a tape.
Key Characteristics & Construction
Micro-prismatic retro-reflective sheeting film is a high-performance retroreflective material that uses tiny micro-prisms to bounce light directly back to its source with higher efficiency rather than traditional glass beads or beaded technology.
Key Features & Technology
Retroreflection / Retroreflectivity
Unlike traditional glass-bead sheeting, microprismatic designs return more light toward its source, improving nighttime visibility and allowing drivers to see traffic signs from a greater distance. For example, its increased reflectivity is at least 30% – 50% or more than beaded engineer grade.
Structure Types
There are two major structure types for micro- prismatic reflective sheeting or tape, as stated below:
Air-backed (non-metallized): Uses an air gap behind the microprisms to support retroreflection and high brightness. For example, 3M High Intensity Grade Prismatic Reflective Sheeting 3930. The exposed edges often require sealing to help prevent moisture and dirt from entering the structure, especially useful for micro prismatic reflective tape.
Metallized (solid): Uses a reflective metal layer behind the microprisms. This design can offer good flexibility, support plotter cutting, and protect the reflective structure from moisture. An example is ORALITE VC 170 Microprismatic Film. Cutting and application requirements vary by product, so check the manufacturer’s technical data before processing.
Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting Material Types (PVC, PET, PC & Acrylic)
There are mainly 4 types of materials for the prismatic reflective sheeting tape with different brightness being from below 100 cd/lux to 1000 cd/lux and durability from months to 10 years service life outdoor. Usually PVC Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting has a shortest and acrylic has the longest service life.
You can check out this page at Road Sign Sheeting Reflectivity & Reflective Tape Lifespan Free Check Tool for more details and compare their reflectivity and lifespan difference.
Performance Classes for Prismatic Retro Reflective Sheeting Film Materials
EN 12899-1:
RA1 / R1: Standard and entry level retroreflective grades, available in glass-bead and some microprismatic designs.
RA2 / R2: Higher-performance grades used for road signs that need greater nighttime visibility. Microprismatic options include products comparable to 3M High Intensity Grade Prismatic Reflective Sheeting 3930.
RA3 / R3B / R3C: Highest-performance classes under EN 12899-1, with R3B and R3C covering specified highest level retroreflective constructions for UK.
ASTM D4956:
ASTM D4956 (Type I, III, IV, VIII, IX, XI): US classifications for retroreflective sheeting, including glass-bead and microprismatic products. Type I is a common engineering-grade option, while Types III and IV cover higher-performance grades. Types IX, and XI are the highest prismatic grades in wider angle retroreflection peroformance. For example, 3M High Intensity Grade Prismatic Sheeting 3930 is under ASTM Type IV and 3M DG3 4000 is under ASTM Type IX and XI.
Case Study: The Quality Issues That May Happen to Other Reflective Vinyl Suppliers
Before checking this product’s comparative advantages, see below real cases that you may neglect.
There are quite a bunch of retroreflective vinyl film on the market that has undesirable performance, causing quality issues and customer complaints, e.g. the reflective film does not last the expected lifespan outdoor.
Therefore, in finding your glass bead or prismatic reflective vinyl suppliers, you should be wary of these inferior ones shown below.
Some of the other suppliers’ quality does not measure up to the industrial standard or quality is not steady, which may cause serious quality issues. Here are some real examples for you to check out.
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The Qualities We Supply (Similar to 3M HIP 3930, Avery T-6500 Sign Sheeting)
First of all, 3M 3930, Avery T6500 or Orafol Oralite 5900, 5910, 5930, 5931, or 5960 prismatic reflective sheeting are among the best HIP reflective film options to choose without doubts.
To save a lot of costs, as required by our clients, we have below major micro prismatic reflective sign sheeting series to replace above brands:
- HS1690 series (up to 10 years outdoor durability): for high-end markets, it meets the highest industry standards close to 3M 4090/4000 (still at good prices);
- H1630 series (up to 7-8 years or 10 years outdoor durablity): cheaper than HS1690 and mainly for middle markets with good quality as cheap alternative to 3M 3930;
- HS1620 series (4-6 years outdoor durability): cheaper than H1630, mostly for the middle market at cheaper prices while keeping the reliable quality;
- H1610 series (1-3 years outdoor durability): targeting low markets for price-sensitive clients.
Among them, HS1690, H1630 and HS1620 reflective sheeting micro prismatic reflective film series are designed and manufactured to be close or similar in quality to big brands as 3M/Avery Dennison/ Orafol Oralite alternatives and supplied at cheap wholesale prices. So you can well compete with these famous brands, get added market shares and save real money.
Below is one of the test certificates our clients did in their national authoritative lab as per ASTM D4956.
Our Prismatic Reflective Vinyl Advantages vs. Other China Suppliers
You can find the common quality issues including those illustrated above as found from other reflective vinyl suppliers are mostly categorized as:
- Color Fading
- Bad Adhesives and Peel Off
- Delamination
- Short Durability
Another major factor to note is reflectivity. For example, check out below reflection tests for white color at 0.2/-4 degree:
- Our best prismatic reflective film option is as high as 900+ cd/lux, the same level as 3M diamond grade sheeting that means the highest retro-reflection in the world;
- And our cheaper option HS1620 is as high as 600+ or even 700+ cd/lux (reaches the highest retroreflective level taking into account all the traffic safety reflective sign vinyl film suppliers in China).
To summarize, you will get from us the cheaper prismatic reflective vinyl film options for temporary traffic signages that save money: a comparable substitute for the top ranking 3M, Orafol Oralite, or Dennison Avery micro prismatic reflective sheeting (such as 3M HIP 3930) at low factory prices.
We make sure they are made of reliable quality that will last for the specified lifespan.
Surely please feel free to contact us with your specific requirements and budgets for our solution that is aimed to help you boost your sales FAST.
Now, please check out the detailed comparison chart below between ours and some competitions (that you may not know).
| Comparison | Some Suppliers’ Products | Our Products | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Raw Materials and Durability |
A number of other suppliers’ inside and face materials do not conform to the industrial standards and may not stand the long term rugged outdoor UV and weathering. Furthermore, the unreliable construction and production technology leaves the reflective tape rolls prone to quality issues such as color fading, falling apart, delamination or shrinking. It means the signages and so forth will have shortened durability and lifespan. |
Toptend always utilizes trusted and reliable quality raw materials at higher costs, and keep upgrading the manufacturing process and technology to make sure the rugged outdoor durablity.Our reflective tapes avoided these issues with longer expected performance and you are free from these hassles. | ||
Retro-reflection |
In a low to average range (e.g. 100 – 250 cd/lux at 0.2/-4 degree) |
Toptend has higher retro-reflection which belongs to the highest level in China (as high as 600 -700+ cd/lux and even 900+ cd/lux for white color for the highest prismatic reflective vinyl option) | ||
Backing Adhesive and Internal Construction |
Common glue and instable internal contruction. These are among the main reasons for such quality issues as lifting up or peeling off in short period as mentioned by some customers. |
Solvent-based strong inner and backing adhesive with upgraded manufacturing process. Our tape does not have these mentioned problems and last longer in harsh outdoor conditions. | ||
Printing Ink and Durability |
Low cost ink, which leads to the printed color fade fast. Furthermore its transparency is not as expected that will decrease the total reflectivity. |
We use imported big brand top quality printing ink. Therefore printed parts do not fade easily which also possesses excellent pringing transparency (such as, red printed color retroreflection is still as high as possible). | ||
Quality Control |
Quality control is not strict. |
We contribute to upgrade technology and keeping strict quality control as needed. | ||
Toptend has more than 15 Years of professional experience as one of the best reflective vinyl film manufacturers, suppliers and exporters in China.
We also manufacture various grades and types of reflective tape, reflective materials for clothing (e.g. reflective sew on fabric, reflective heat transfer film HTV, fire retardant tape), luminous tape (photoluminescent glow in the dark vinyl), and many other traffic safety products.
And you can refer to our client testimonials and their traffic safety applications to find out the feedbacks of our customers together with their real traffic safety application examples.
Many products we produce are welcomed by our clients worldwide as cost-efficient alternatives to 3M, Avery Dennison or Orafol Oralite.
Like what our clients did, we will try best to assist you to grow your business and save costs (FAST) with the supports you can rely on.
There is no hassle because you will get away from those quality problems as showned above too.
See below what our clients say about us as below (Clients from Europe and so on).
Testimonials From Customers
Specifications
Micro Prismatic Reflective Sheeting HS1620 at Cheaper Price
- HS1620 is the cheaper option to best meet your budgets for temporary traffic safety signs
- Micro prismatic construction
- Up to 4-6 years of outdoor durability
- Pressure-sensitive self-adhesive (Imported solvent-based glue for longer durability)
- With backing paper or clear liner
- Weather-resistant and waterproof. Excellent long term reflectivity with rugged reliability
- Imported famous brand transparent ink for the best printing performance (higher reflectivity for printed area and last longer)
- Cost-efficient and much cheaper than other international brands such as 3M HIP 3930, Oralite 5900, 5910, 5930, 5931 or 5960, or Avery Dennison T6500 reflective sign sheeting
Suggested Applications:
Short term or temporary reflective road signs, street signs, traffic warning or similar signs or reflective stickers.
Size:
log size 1.22m x 45.7m for sign fabrications.
Colors:
white, red, yellow, blue, green, orange, fluorescent yellow green
Packing of Reflective Rolls
For bulk shipment, we usually use pallets to protect the cargo so you get them safely.
Other Cost-efficient Reflective And Traffic Safety Products We Manufacture
To save real money, use our cost efficient supplies HS1620 series as Cheap alternatives to 3M HIP 3930, Avery T6500 or Orafol Oralite 5900, 5910, 5930, 5931 or 5960 reflective vinyl sheeting for various short term and temporary road signs.
Alternatively, please contact us or check out below reflective vinyl film for traffic safety signages needs.
We will always make sure you are happy with our reliable quality at low wholesale factory prices!
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