XFasten Black Gaffers Tape 2 Inch x 30 Yards (90 Feet) Residue-Free Matte Black Gaffer Tape 2 Inch Non-Reflective Easy-to-Tear Floor Tape for Electrical Cords

We use this for taping signage to podiums, cords to the floor and various other tasks during conferences. The tape is very durable and adheres well, but it is fairly easy to remove. It's strong, but you can tear if cleanly and evenly without tools, so it's very easy to use and looks nice because it doesn't get frayed at the ends. It holds things securely but leaves little to no residue.

So far it has worked better than any other tape for my applications. I needed some heavy duty tape to hold a panel in place vertically while the epoxy gluing the panel to the body cured. I decided to try this XFasten Gaffers tape and it worked exactly as I needed. The panel was painted but the XFasten Gaffers tape did not remove any of the paint nor did it leave any residue. So far it has worked really well. It also tears really easily and cleanly. Only drawback is that the adhesive side is white, I would prefer black as I could then use it on clear panels/windows.

In the field, for video and audio equipment as well as around the house, this is the fifth or sixth brand of gaffer tape I've used over the years, and it's different from the others. With this one the cotton cloth is not impregnated with a binder/filler material like all the others. That binder makes the other tapes stiffer, and those stiffer edges make it easier for the fingers and thumbs of your two hands to act like scissors to start a tear at the desired length. Precisely because it is more flexible, this tape requires a much stronger pinch between the index fingers and thumbs of each hand, with the two grips very close to each other, to start a tear. While the other tapes had matte finishes and weren't very reflective, they did have some shine. This tape is perfectly non-reflective, which can be important for professional applications in a darkened theater. The binder in the other tapes also makes it opaque, while this tape is has some transparency since it is just strong cotton cloth with the adhesive. You would only care about that if you were trying to block light with it. This tape is very strong, as strong as the others, with virtually no stretch to it. But its adhesion to surfaces is not as strong. For example, I have on hand a roll of ProGaf tape, also available on Amazon. This XFasten tape is easier to pull off the roll, and when I stick a piece of this and an similar piece of ProGaf to my file cabinet, the XFasten tape seems to need only about half as much force to peel it off. This may have more to do with the flexibility than the adhesive itself. With less flexibility the radius of curvature at the line where the tape is being pulled off is greater, so there is more surface area of adhesive stretching to resist removal. So, compared to the ProGaff tape, which is like the other I've used, here's the bottom line. This tape: 1. Is much harder to tear by hand 2. Has less adhesion to surfaces, but still enough, in my opinion, for most jobs. 3. Would probably have even less adhesive transfer, when removing after a long time, than the others. 4. Is much more flexible for following contours and corners 5. Will be more invisible in a dark room. 6. Would not good for blocking light.

I have to be honest in that I was a bit unsure what Gaffer tape actually was when I placed my order. I was hoping it would work for a couple of repair applications and figured I would take a chance on it since everything I have used to date didn't hold for very long, or held and ruined the surface of what it was taped to. I am happy to report that I love this tape! I appreciate that you can remove it without any damage done to the surface it was sticking to, but more importantly, it really does STICK to the surface as intended. I currently have one of those mobile air conditioners in my bedroom. The exhaust hose attaches to the back of the unit and then stretches as needed to reach the window to blow the hot air outside. I set up the attachment pieces that are supposed to hold the hose in the window. They are rather flimsy and do not stay in the window framework. It has cracked and there are gaps where hot air comes back into the bedroom.. I ended up trying to tape them together, which still wasn't the best, but better than it was to start with. My problem is the exhaust hose would keep slipping out of the window when the tape would get warmed from the sun. I tried this new gaffer tape on the exhaust portion and it is holding beautifully, even when the sun hits it! It was so nice that I removed the portions that I had originally installed in the window and redid them with this gaffer tape instead of the duct tape I had used previously. Today was another hot one, and I was cool and comfortable with the portable air conditioner running full blast and the exhaust hose is holding up in the window where I have it taped. Usually, when a tape holds as well as this one is holding, it is a big problem to try to remove it without destroying the surface where it was taped. This tape is extended onto a painted wall and comes off so very easily! I am really impressed. I am going to have to hide this tape from my renter. He has a really bad habit of getting into my things to "borrow" them for a bit. I don't want him knowing about this tape or mine will be gone forever. I am sure I am going to be turning to this tape for more and more projects, and have nothing but positive to say about it.

Pros: - Cloth is nice and matte black - Easy to tear, but strong - Super sticky - Comes off clean (so far, haven't left it on anything for too long yet) Cons: - Cloth tears along the grain too easily, so you get narrow strips hanging off - Too sticky, you have to be super careful to keep the tape from sticking to itself - Centre cardboard roll too big, which makes the whole roll much bigger than needed

Funciona muy bien para la producción audiovisual en set o para marcar montajes en eventos. Muy buen pegamento y fácil de quitar. Lo recomiendo.

Das XFasten Gaffer-Klebeband hat mich überrascht, weil es genau die Mischung aus Stabilität, Rückstandsfreiheit und einfacher Handhabung bietet, die man im Alltag und bei technischen Setups erwartet. Pluspunkte: Das Klebeband haftet extrem gut auf nahezu allen Oberflächen, lässt sich dennoch sauber und ohne Rückstände wieder entfernen, wirkt sehr hochwertig verarbeitet und lässt sich durch die saubere Gewebestruktur leicht von Hand abreißen. Minuspunkte: Es ist etwas dicker und fester als andere Gaffer-Tapes, wodurch sehr filigrane Anwendungen manchmal etwas mehr Kraft und Genauigkeit benötigen. Fazit: Ein absolut zuverlässiges, professionelles Gaffer-Tape, das sowohl für Kabelmanagement als auch für Foto-, Video- oder Haushaltseinsätze überzeugt und trotz kleinerer Schwächen bei feinen Arbeiten insgesamt einen sehr stabilen und langlebigen Eindruck hinterlässt.

This product is fine. Not super sticky (held to carpet for a couple hours). Not to be confused with REAL gaff tape. You already know the price difference. This is better than the dollar store "duck tape" but not as good as real gaff.

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