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  "title": "PVC RFID Wristbands — IP67 Waterproof Snap Closure",
  "description": "PVC RFID wristbands embed a 13.56 MHz NFC chip (NTAG213 / 215 / 216, MIFARE Classic 1K, DESFire EV2 / EV3, Ultralight C) or 125 kHz LF chip (EM4100)...",
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  "imageAlt": "Green vinyl RFID wristband printed with a white star character, with a row of snap closure holes",
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  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Can guests swim with these wristbands?",
      "answer": "Yes — IP67 per IEC 60529 means dust-tight + protected against immersion to 1 m for up to 30 minutes. Chlorinated pool water, salt water, and fresh water have no functional effect on the PVC housing or the embedded RFID chip. Guests swim, dive, and ride water slides without removing the band. For applications requiring multi-hour continuous submersion or higher-pressure exposure, specify the rfid-waterpark-wristband (IP68 silicone) instead — IP67 covers the realistic guest-experience envelope, IP68 covers the operational extremes."
    },
    {
      "question": "How does cashless payment work with the wristband?",
      "answer": "The RFID chip stores a unique ID linking to the guest account in the cashless-payment platform (Intellitix, Glownet, Vantage, Semnox, Tappit, accesso, or custom). Guest taps the band at a POS terminal; the system debits pre-loaded balance or charges the linked credit card. The wristband identifies the guest — it does not store money in the cashless model used by most aquatic venues. For PCI-DSS scoping reasons, match the chip family to the platform's required application-key format (DESFire EV2 / EV3 is the current recommendation for new cashless deployments). For on-chip stored-value programmes, specify Ultralight C (3DES) or DESFire EV3 (AES-128 + SDM)."
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    {
      "question": "Can the wristband be reused for multiple guests?",
      "answer": "Yes — PVC wristbands with reusable snap closures sanitise, re-encode with a new guest ID, and reissue across multi-day guest stays. NFC and DESFire chips are rated 100,000+ EEPROM write cycles per NXP data sheets — well beyond mechanical band service life. For water parks and hotel pools, reusable PVC is more cost-effective and lower-waste than single-use bands; for festivals and one-time-issue events, the single-use breakaway PVC variant is the right answer."
    },
    {
      "question": "Why MIFARE DESFire EV2 / EV3 for cashless rather than MIFARE Classic 1K?",
      "answer": "MIFARE Classic uses the proprietary CRYPTO-1 cipher with documented academic attacks (Nohl & Plötz 2008, Garcia 2009, Courtois 2014) — no longer recommended for new payment or high-value access deployments. MIFARE DESFire EV2 / EV3 runs AES-128 mutual authentication with per-card key diversification (NXP AN10922) and is the current recommendation for new cashless. MIFARE Plus EV2 SL3 is the alternative pin-compatible AES upgrade path from existing Classic installations. Either chip family ships in the same PVC form factor."
    },
    {
      "question": "How does the snap closure survive pool-chemistry exposure?",
      "answer": "The snap is a corrosion-resistant metal insert (typically nickel or stainless variant) press-fit into the PVC housing. Chlorinated and saltwater exposure is factored into the QC protocol — snap retention force is measured across the expected reuse-cycle count and documented on the shipment QC report so buyers plan replacement cadence against their reuse profile. For higher-cycle programmes (hotel-pool wristbands rotating across hundreds of guest issuances), the heavier-duty stainless variant ships at small per-band premium."
    },
    {
      "question": "Is the PVC compound child-safe and ESG-compliant?",
      "answer": "Yes — phthalate-free PVC compound (DEHP-free, DBP-free, BBP-free) is available on request; clears EU REACH SVHC list, RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, and EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC for child-sized variants. FDA 21 CFR 175.105 / 175.300 baseline applies to the adhesive and ink stack. Specify phthalate-free at order stage; certificates of compliance ship with the bulk dispatch."
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    "name": "Proud Tek Co., Limited"
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    "ISO 9001:2015",
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