I bought a cheaper version of this a few years ago and a soft case to go with it. I used it for labeling Ethernet wires and my breaker panel. I ended up giving it to my son when I no longer needed to label Ethernet wires and he had a job where he could use it. But I needed to change some labels on my breaker panel and this time decided to go with the more expensive one with the case included. These things are awesome and so useful. You can buy shrink tube label for wire labeling if I remember correctly as well as many different widths and colors of labels. I'm very glad I gave my old one to my son because I always regretted not spending the few extra bucks, once you count the printer and the case I bought, and just buying the higher end model in the first place which came with the hard case. Great label printer at a decent price, zero complaints from me.