Dry Erase Boards

I'm sure I'm not the only person here who always wanted a dry erase board in their house. When I was in college I often wished I had one, but it was usually unconventional to try to buy and install one into college housing.

Recall my blog months ago where I presented my problem of having nowhere to point my projector: link. At schools, often the dry erase board is used as a screen. I really do want a dry erase board for doing math/physics, and also a screen, and I finally have a place to put one.

I did some preliminary research, and the two sizes I'm looking at are 4'x6' 3'x5' (all in feet). Staples offers both with free shipping. The 4x6 is $220 and the 3x5 is $160.

1) Can I get a better deal elsewhere? If so, please point me in the right direction.
2) Who actually has one? How big is it? What's your take on how big is good? Is it worth the extra foot in each direction?

I think having it shipped to my house is a must since I'll have trouble transporting home an item of this size.

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fight_or_flight United States. July 07 2008 11:33. Posts 3972

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I would just like to say that Staples is probably not the best place to get a good deal on one (don't know a better place though....possibly ebay?). Something else you can look at is dry-erase material that you can screw onto a wall kind of like wallpaper (but much thicker). I know at my school they have a few rooms that the actual wall material is made from that stuff, so it might be cheaper.

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alffla Hong Kong. July 07 2008 11:41. Posts 20260

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wtf i never knew those things are so damn expensive??/ seriousl 220 USD for a white board wtf -_-

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iceburn United States. July 07 2008 11:52. Posts 302

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yea they are really expensive, but I went the cheap route, if you have a home depot or lowes or some type of home improvement store, I got some white laminated sheet board for bathrooms i think and its dirt cheap and really big, ill try to find a link for it some time in the next day or so

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Gene United States. July 07 2008 12:00. Posts 4881

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i had a 1.5' by 3' in my dorm and i bought it for like 20 bucks at staples or Omax or some office supply store like that

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mahnini United States. July 07 2008 12:05. Posts 6768

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i also need one of these, wanted to get one forever but since i didnt have one to write down that i wanted one i forgot

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thedeadhaji July 07 2008 12:15. Posts 23315

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i actually have one lying around in the house, but we never use it

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BreaK Canada. July 07 2008 12:18. Posts 885

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My roommate and I had one, we used it for everything. They're great, so useful and clean.

But, they're called DRY erase for a reason. Never, EVER get them wet.

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Mickey United States. July 07 2008 12:19. Posts 2605

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Yeah I could use one as well, but I don't seem to have room anywhere. I'd probably use it to remind myself of things coming up, like a huge ass calendar, or something.

mahnini United States. July 07 2008 12:21. Posts 6768

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i have one lying around too but its old and dirty, im entertaining the idea of just buying a sheet of plexiglass. it's a bit cheaper for smaller sizes like 2x3 and probably a lot cheaper for bigger ones.

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coltrane Chile. July 07 2008 12:25. Posts 986

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i dont know anything about prices, but for my maths my board is great, i study the double in the half of the time without wasting paper.

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micronesia United States. July 07 2008 12:31. Posts 19352

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I checked out Office Depot, and they have the following: http://www1.officedepot.com/a/products/692312/Quartet-Melamine-Dry-Erase-Board-48/

It is 4'x6' for $125. Anyone find anything better?

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micronesia United States. July 07 2008 12:37. Posts 19352

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On July 07 2008 12:33 chan wrote:
Found a dry erase board for $95 on this site. Hope this is the one you were looking for. its 4'x6' and you can get a 4'x8' for $125

http://www.white-boards-and-more.com/Best-Rite-201AX-BS1024.html

Sub-Total:
$95.00

Shipping:
$118.80

Total:
$213.80

The site says there is free shipping and tax on select items, but I don't think this qualifies 8o

Edit: http://www1.officedepot.com/a/products/691976/Quartet-Melamine-Dry-Erase-Board-48/ features a 4'x6' for 105 dollars!

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chan United States. July 07 2008 12:39. Posts 11

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ahah sorry didnt check the total my bad

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micronesia United States. July 07 2008 12:47. Posts 19352

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Okay Office Depot charges a 25 dollar fee for large/heavy items, so my total will be $140.87. I'm probably going to go with that unless someone finds something better or convinces me to get an alternative item.

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Demoninja United States. July 07 2008 13:14. Posts 1072

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My school has one for a calendar. It's really useful since it's for a specific class so we can scribble notes for each other on it. The teachers don't read it so you can basically write whatever as long as you write it so you can't see it from a mile away.

nofAcedAgent United States. July 07 2008 14:00. Posts 941

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Lol staples is such a rip, 220? Lol...

google. Like 1.5 seconds seriously.. : http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=dry+erase+board&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title

fight_or_flight United States. July 07 2008 14:29. Posts 3972

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Here's one for $107, free shipping (4' x 6')

http://www.buyonlinenow.com/viewitemsAct.asp?classlabel=UDFA&manufactlabel=1700254&SKU=QRTS537_BULK

edit: nvm thats for bulk orders of 14 or more.

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jingXD United States. July 07 2008 15:16. Posts 283

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I don't know any good places for a large dry-erase board, but I've always wanted a wall that could act as a gigantic dry erase board. Apparently you can do it pretty cheaply with tileboard (~$50 per wall).

Unfortunately, I'm living in a dorm and they have some pretty strict rules against modifying the room. Here are some links if you are interested (the only thing I'm worried about is the last link says there are staining issues with the tileboard):
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000679.php
http://www.elephantstaircase.com/wiki/index.php?title=DIYDryEraseBoard
http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Shower_Board_as_a_white_Board

only tangentially related: be old school and use chalkboard paint!
http://www.target.com/Rustoleum-Specialty-Chalkboard-Paint-Black/dp/B0006BAEI6

there's also magnetic paint for double the fun!
http://interiordecorating.suite101.com/article.cfm/use_magnetic_and_chalkboard_paints

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