Price guide · Industrial Safety
Hood: wholesale price
A typical US business buyer pays a median of $0.185 per unit at small order quantities, falling to $0.02 at volume, on a typical 30-day lead time. These medians come from published supplier pricing. Treat them as a starting point for a sourcing conversation rather than a binding quote.
Median price by order quantity
| Order size | Median /unit |
|---|---|
| 500–999 units | $0.185 |
| 1,000–4,999 units | $0.176 |
| 5,000–9,999 units | $0.075 |
| 10,000–24,999 units | $0.04 |
| 25,000–99,999 units | $0.03 |
| 100,000+ units | $0.02 |
What moves the price
For hood, the drivers are arc rating, lens type, material, coverage area, print method, mesh density, treatment, coverage length — the same item can land at either end of the band depending on how those are specified.
Published US-facing wholesale pricing for metal/aluminum caps is sparse, so the ladder is anchored on real wholesale cap pricing from The Cary Company and import-market quotes for aluminum beverage/easy-open lids from Alibaba/Made-in-China. The Cary Company shows metal caps at $0.185 ea. at 1 unit, $0.176 at 3,400, $0.162 at 13,600, and $0.150 at 27,200, while import listings for aluminum beverage lids show about $0.04 at 10,000+, $0.02 at 100,000+, and $0.0016–$0.02 on some marketplace tier tables. Real price movers are fit diameter, liner/closure style, print coverage, and tooling/setup for custom artwork; realistic sourcing routes are US distributors for stocked caps and Chinese OEMs for custom printed aluminum caps or lids.
Paying more than the median?
If you reorder hood regularly, run a free savings check — enter what you pay and see it against these researched medians, item by item. About three minutes, no card or account.
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