I have been using this tape for a while now. Its primary purpose is to temporarily secure equipment and cables to walls, floors, etc. The tape is strong, and I trust it to hold my tripod and camera in some precarious positions. The best part is that the tape comes off clean. I have not had to clean up any residue. And like another reviewer, I use it to cover the brand and model marking on my equipment. The 3 inch width tape is good for long cable runs across a floor where there will be foot traffic.

The product comes in a plastic bag. The product weighs 15 oz is 6 3/16 in diameter, and is 1 inch width. The product looks like black masking tape that is much thicker than masking tape. The tape tears easily by hand or scissors. It is very sticky and when stretched it doesn't stretch easily or at all. This is my first experience with gaffer tape so I'm not sure what to expect.

I've used duct tape for many unlikely things but this tape I can see will work much better at holding things in place without leaving residue. It seems stronger than duct tape and is just as sticky but it seems easy to remove even from newspaper with minimum damage. In the past I used duct tape but it does leave too much residue and can stretch easily so this could be a good replacement for that.

I decided to test the tape under some extreme conditions to see what would happen. Scotch tape, electrician tape, duct tape will all fail theses tests. I placed a section of tape in a bowl of water and wondered what effect it would have and was surprised that the tape when blotted dry with a paper towel on both sides still had the same stickiness and tensile strength. So it would appear it could be used outdoors too. My freezer test was less surprising ...it did not maintain its stickiness below zero. The tape once removed from the zero conditions returned to its original sticky state. So its use in winter like outdoor conditions maybe limited. The section of tape i used for testing still is sticky and usable.

I'm unsure if the tape has a life expectancy like duct tape which deteriorates over time. Time will tell. Is this tape as good as some of the other premium tapes? I don't know the answer but in my limited use this tape seems to work for my purposes and seems like a very good value.

We use this tape for my daughters Irish Dancing shoes. It works great and does not leave a sticky residue on the shoe. We were using another white tape and not only did it leave a sticky residue, but took some of the leather off of her hard shoes, and if you are an Irish dancer, you know the hard shoes are not cheap. Would buy this again and we showed our class!

Decent Product - None of the current crop of Gaffer's tape seems to be as good as the days I worked in TV (30 years ago).
You can't judge the overall quality until you've left it in place for a while to see if it leaves residue.

interior decorators"¦ this stuff rocks! I did a mans apartment, kitchen a deep orange, living area dirty green & outlined the walls in this gaffer tape. Looked so good I did a woman's entire downstairs the same way & she loved it. Lined the shelves in her closet as well. Should either of them not liked the look it would have come off so easily.