No Residue, Non-Reflective Gaffers Tape for Photography, 2 inch x 90 feet, Black

Excellent product, same or better than other, brand name gaffer's tapes, but less expensive. Sticks well, comes off cleanly even from marble, polished wood, and glass. This is a GAFFER's tape, not duct tape, so there are limits to how hard it sticks, but it does better job than expected. Highly recommended FOR ITS PURPOSE.

I have an AV rental company. Spending a fortune on gaff tape, an expendable, deeply bothers me. I ordered this tape will very low expectations due to the price, half the price of most gaff tape. It came today and i took a small piece (a little hard to rip but that is a GOOD thing) and put it on my white carpet in my office. It is very sticky and has a cloth backing. I ground it in and put a cup of water on it to test for color fastness. I left it on the floor, the crew walked in for four hours and I came back - NO residue, came up a little hard (but that is a good thing too) and no color bleed. This is the real stuff at a great price. I paid less than $10/roll with a quantity discount.

I know they call this gaffers tape, and it might indeed work for that in places that need good adhesion. It does peel off intact if you are only using it temporarily for a gig. Just like blue painter's tape, I would not leave it on for too long if you ant it to come off clean. It is definitely not as hard to remove as duck tape. But I mostly don't use it as gaffers tape, I use a different brand for temporary holding of cables. Actually, I'd like to find something with adhesions that is a cross between this brand and that brand. What I DO use it for is everything around the shop when I need to hold something in place temporarily. One of my most common uses is as on-the-fly adhesive tape for when I nick myself in the shop, and for finger protection. I tear the tape down the middle to make two thin strips, which I use as bandages to hold wounds tight, or as protective skin wrap. It is tougher than medical adhesive tape and less obnoxiously sticky than duck tape and works a heck of a lot better than bandaids.

Right off the bat, this is not standard gaffers tape. Possibly it's the matte surface that is at issue, but this is very difficult tape to use. The adhesive sticks to the next layer on the roll like it's never coming off. About the only way I could get a decent length was to hold the roll in my left hand and yank outward and down, HARD, with my right. Once it is off the roll, it seems to work like other gaffer tapes I've used. The matte black does its job and blends into a black surface. If you have arms like a gorilla you'll appreciate this tape, but if you have more than five feet or so of cable to secure look for other options.

I had an old automatic 35mm camera that I loved using as a kid that apparently cost my parents a pretty penny back in the 80s. I had dropped it at one point and broke the clip that holds the film door closed on the back of the camera. This clip also engaged the locking mechanism that loaded the film and indicated to the camera when the cartridge was removed to clear then"exposed" indicator from the screen on the camera. I did buy a replacement camera once upon a time at a yard sale, but I just had such fond memories of this camera, and was familiar with the kinds of pictures it took that I wanted to get it going again if possible. I was able to see that manually moving the door latch switch to the closed position would keep it there, and the camera would go through the film loading process, and I could see that the camera was still able to auto focus and the shutter was functioning normally. My only issue was how to keep the door of the camera closed once I had film loaded. The last thing I wanted was to have a situation where whatever tape I used would lose its stick and the door would pop open exposing the film in the camera. I considered electrical tape first but in my experience, it doesn't stand up to constant handling and the adhesive melts from body heat making a mess everywhere. Not only would this most likely cause the tape to fail and the door to open, it would probably leave the camera a sticky mess. Then I thought about duct tape. We all know the saying, if it doesn't move and it should, WD-40, if it moves and it shouldn't, Duct Tape. But I've had similar issues with the adhesive on duct tape failing after some time, and it definitely leaves behind residue. My biggest reasoning for worrying about residue is that if I wanted to use this camera more than one or two times, I'd need the surface of the camera to remain pretty free of residue so tape can continue sticking to the surface each time I load a roll of film. Then I had the realization of Gaff tape. No residue, great stick. But then I saw the prices of Gaff tape which was crazy out of my budget. For the prices I saw, it may have been better to just deal with removing the residue from something like duct tape and hope to not have any tape failures while film was loaded. Then I came across this Gaff tape. I saw some very mixed reviews about it and saw some people mention a possible formulation change in the adhesive through the years. But at the price for the roll, and knowing I won't be using very much at a time, I decided to go for it and to just do a dry run first before putting any film in the camera. This tape worked perfectly as I'd hoped. In my dry run I made sure to wear the camera around my neck so it got bumped around throughout the day. I put it in and out of my bag. I made sure to hold the camera and mess around with it. The adhesive never melted or gave out. I had it on for about 3 or so days before deciding to pull it off and go live with actual film and not a single bit of residue was left behind on the body of the camera. For context it is made out of plastic and there is texture on some parts where the tape was placed. This even ends up covering the tripod mounting hole that I don't use anyway and the tape never lifted. I can't necessarily speak to this being used in the field for Gaffing purposes but I can say without a doubt that this tape delivered exactly as I'd hoped and I'm beyond happy with my purchase. I've shot 2 rolls of film in this camera with no issues, and I even dropped it once while it was taped and the tape didn't give way. When I run out I will definitely be purchasing this again.

Gaffer tape is supposed to be a high tack, low residue tape. Amazon got the first part right. This stuff is really sticky. Wikipedia says of Gaffer tape: "The synthetic adhesive typically leaves little or no residue and will generally not damage most surfaces when it is removed." This stuff leaves a trail of black goo wherever it has been even if it has only been there briefly. It even goos itself to a shelf if the roll is laid flat. This tape should only be ordered along with an 8 oz or larger bottle of Goo Gone. UPDATE I needed to reseal an Amazon plastic envelope and this tape was the handiest. It took a long time and a lot of effort to get the required length of tape off the roll and by then I was covered with the adhesive that was supposed to be on the sticky side of the tape. And the envelope will likely stick to anything it comes near since the top, supposedly non sticky side of the tape is sticky with adhesive stuck to it from the previous layer of tape. I grabbed a roll of paper towels to clean up and the paper towel stuck to the adhesive on my fingers. I grabbed the bottle of Goo Gone and stuck to it. Once I got the Goo Gone opened I was able to unstick myself from the paper towel and after liberal applications of Goo Gone and a lot of rubbing I managed to get the adhesive out of my fingerprints. Then I had to use more Goo Gone to clean the adhesive off of the Goo Gone bottle. I need to throw this tape out and go buy a roll of legitimate gaffer tape.

I’m not one for giving four star reviews, but this gaffers tape deserves it. Seriously. I’ve used it for three years and I love it. It adheres to just about any surface, including rough concrete, and leaves little if any residue. The residue can be easily cleaned off with isopropyl alcohol or a bit of acetone. I found it always leaves a bit of residue on glass and other smooth surfaces, but cleans up easily. It does a far better job than duck/duct tape. It doesn’t seem to be affected by weather or by water. When I run out I’ll buy another roll in an instant.

I didn't realize gaffer tape was so hard to find at a local store I started putting together a pedalboard. I didn't want to stick Velcro directly to the pedals. I have some that are handmade or discontinued so I wanted to keep the bottom stickers intact. This method was recommended online. Ive been happy with how strong this tape is. It's as subtle or as visible as you want to leave it. I didn't want it to be visible so I trimmed it flush with a razor. I was able to cleanly remove it from 1 pedal without causing damage. There is only 1 pedal that the tape wouldn't stick to. It's a cheap all plastic and rubber pedal so I'm not entirely shocked. The rubber on that pedal feels oily and cheap.

Nice tape, works well on carpet at hotels. Leaves zero residue. Not as high as quality as the name brand one but does the job at a fair price.

Me gusta que sea delgada pues se adhiere mejor y para fijar accesorios es excelente pues es discreta, sin brillo, además la parte del pegamento es negra también eso hace que sea mas discreta (otras vienen con pegamento blanco y muy rígidas ), además la siento mas fuerte, el único detalle es que da algo de trabajo cortarla con las manos pues como es muy delgada se puede doblar el borde, solo es cosa de tener cuidado de hacerlo bien. Y lo mas importante es que es muy fuerte, con muy buen pegamento y no mancha al retirarla.

Lol I thought this was grip tape and just tried regripping my golf club with it. Didn’t go well. Probably works good for its intended purpose though😂🤦🏻‍♂️

No se puede utilizar se desprende el adhesivo al tratar de desenrollar para ser usado y la mitad de la cara de la cinta queda sin adhesivo

Est décrit comme du gaffer tape, mais n'a pas toutes les propriétés des vrais gaffer tape de grandes marques. Ceci dit, ça offre quand même un bon rapport qualité prix et fonctionne quand même comme attendu, c'est à dire de pouvoir coller sur de multiples surfaces et décoller sans laisser de traces. C'est pas mal plus difficile de le décoller de son rouleau au moment de l'application (il faut forcer plus fort pour le dérouler comparé aux grandes marques), mais au niveau de l'adhésif, ça tient généralement bien et ça décolle aussi généralement bien sans traces. J'aime particulièrement sa largeur, ce qui me permet de coller plusieurs cables en même temps (jusqu'à 3 ou 4 selon leur calibre) sans repasser une 2e ligne de tape, ça donne une bonne économie à long terme!