Duck Brand Standard Packaging Tape Refill, 1.88 Inch x 54.6 Yard, Clear, 1 Roll (240408)

The price is right. This would be good for lite items, not good for heavily packed boxes

This is a frustrating lower quality model

Much better deal than buying rolls separately.

Adhesion:. If you like to play the guessing game of will the contents of this box stay inside before I get it to its destination, then this is the tape for you! Two hours after using the tape and loading the (small, medium, or large) boxes with anything from blankets to bottles of wine, all the tape is no longer sticking to the bottom, sides, or top. (who needs that, right?). Value for money:. Should your goal be to have a great excuse for replacing items in any box, again, this is your lucky day! With the tape that barely sticks, if you want newA/V receivers, pictures, crock pots, glassware, dishes, video game consoles, and now.....USE THIS TAPE!! Youre almost 100% guaranteed to go buy new items when this tape detaches from the sides and bottom!! Easy to use:. Ive packed and mixed more times that I care to. However the only thing with that this tape on boxes, would be to use a sheet of self adhesive stamps. It folds on itself constantly. It pulls apart too easily. And its super easy to twist sideways when using a tape gun. (I have other tape rolls/brands I used before and after this brand, and I dont experience this issue with them. So Id like to believe its less user issues, and more quality issues). All in all, if your goal is to have broken items you no longer care for, and love to play did we sweep/vacuum up all the little glass pieces, while walking barefoot in the dark, go nuts and get a case of this stuff! However, if thats not your goal, save your money, time, frustration, anger, and unnecessary shopping trips, and buy better brands.

It is good tape, I would buy it again, but a couple of times it has not come off the roll right such that it tapers at the roll end and I have to cut it off, pick the sliver up, unwind it to where it meets the cut bit, then try to get them to come up in sync so it stops splitting. Most of the time it works as it should.

I don’t write many reviewers, especially for commodity items, but feel inclined when I think a product is really quite poor. I have a nice tape gun and this tape jams in my gun all of the time, and is so thin that it gets all jumbled up with itself. I end up cutting off and throwing away about 10% of what I use. Lastly, after tappping the box, one day later the tape is peeling off the box on its own. I have used some tapes that one strip feels sufficient to seal the box but I feel the need to hit it multiple times with this tape.

I thought I had liked this brand of packaging/shipping tape in the past, but the minor cost savings is not worth dealing with more of the tape twisting and getting stuck to itself. Since it feels so thin, I also find I feel I need to double layer it sometimes. If youre using a good quality tape dispenser with a handle, it might be fine for light or medium boxes. However if youre tearing and placing the tape by hand (like after tear it off a cheap plastic roll holder) -- it will stick to itself constantly, folding on itself like tissue paper.

Update: the company responded, so will add a star, and if the replacement is exceptional I will come and add another star. See below. “Thank you for e-mailing concerning our products. We regret that you have had this experience, but appreciate the opportunity to correct the situation. When tape behaves in the manner you described, it usually means the tape is old or has been warehoused incorrectly. Age and temperature extremes can cause the adhesive on tape to deteriorate and cause the tape to tear improperly or not adhere. We have little control over how or for how long our products are housed once they leave our facility. We also distribute five different grades of carton sealing tapes based on the thickness of the tape. In order of descending thickness they are HP260, HD Clear, EZ START®, Commercial Grade and Standard Grade. Shurtape Technologies was the first to introduce an improved carton sealing tape that lifts easily off the roll, and unrolls smooth and easy every time you use it. This is our Ultra Performance Grade and is called EZ START®. All Shurtape Technologies products are backed by our Quality Guarantee. Please provide a complete mailing address and we will be happy to send you replacement rolls“ Original review: I care that it is made in USA. It is written all over it. But shouldnt that mean that it lasts long (at least a year!) and that the quality is high? I dont know... I feel confused about this. The first few months it worked fine as a tape, a bit on the thin side but in many situations being thin and strong helped. But now... I still have 4 rolls out of 6 remaining, and after 10 months they are fused into a roll. It is like trying to peel off a bark from a tree- comes out in strands, to the point I dont know where is the beginning and the end. I have not contacted customer support on this, but I hope they will replace these rolls. So wasteful!

Cumbersome, but the gold standard for packing/ moving

This tale is very thin compared to most shipping tapes I’ve used. It doesn’t adhere well so I end up using a lot more of it so I can wrap around itself multiple times.