Lanyards are used to carry something or tie things down and are made of many different kinds of materials. With each type of material the market in which they are sold can change. There are 3 types of materials that most Lanyards are made of:
Cloth – Cloth Lanyards use a semi coarse cotton; which is tightly woven together to give a strong bond. This makes them very durable against the normal uses but over time the Clothe can break down and shed off. Depending upon how tightly woven the Cloth Lanyards are made will result in the durability, but regardless fraying can occur at any time with these.
Cloth can be dyed and allot of children gravitate toward these as they can be fun to wear around and have different sayings on them. While young kids enjoy this type the demographic does stretch somewhat into preteens as well.
Leather – Leather Lanyards are commonly used from pig or cattle skins that go through the normal tanning process then a leather worker beats the leather into a sheet which would be sent to the factory to make the lanyards. These Leather Lanyards are made from soft leather which allows them to be very pliable and useful for many styles of Lanyards. Leather can outlast most any clothe product as long as the leather is properly treated and stays out of the elements as much as possible.
Leather Lanyards tend to be more fashion driven as the cost of purchase is much greater than most other types of Lanyards. Teenagers and young twenty –something age brackets would be a good demographic.
Fabric – Fabric Lanyards are used with a mix of cotton and polyester materials that are woven together similar to Cloth Lanyards. As with many mixed material product have the cotton and polyester together provides a much stronger material for Lanyards. The wear and tear on these types of Lanyards is not nearly as evident as it would be with Cloth or Leather. So, many of the Lanyards that are sold and worn
Almost everyone, everywhere in any country has used this type of Lanyard in their life. The demographic for these is not limited by price or coolness and the durability makes this one of the more profit driven type of Lanyards available.
If you are going for cool you might use Leather, if you are going for fun you might go Cloth but if you are going for durable the most common demographic you will want to stay with are Fabric Lanyards.