I use a Brother P-Touch labeler, have only had to replace a few of them after a very snowy winter. The plant stakes I use are See Fine have had them for many years and they still are going strong, once in a while one of the stakes will break off then the stake is just a littler shorter as I purchased the longer stakes this rarely happens. On occasion one of the plates that holds the label will get bumped and come off, it is easy to take a pliers and reattach the plate. I have used these stakes for at least fifteen years so they do last a long time.