Tear This Packing Tape By Hand
By Benjamen Johnson
Believe it or not, sometimes duct tape isn’t the right tape for the job. You can’t see through it and it doesn’t always stick well to cardboard, so for things like shipping and packing you need packing tape. The trouble is that you can’t just rip packing tape — until now.
Nifty gives their Hand Tear Tape serrated edges which allow you to actually tear the tape by hand. They apply a strong acrylic adhesive to a 3.2 mil. polypropylene tape for a product that they claim resists aging, withstands weathering, thwarts UV light, and persists without yellowing.
A 2″ by 55-yard roll will run you $4 to $6.
Hand Tear Tape [Nifty Products]
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April 14th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
You probably mean 0.32mm and not 3.2mm :p
April 14th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Actually I meant 3.2 mil, at least that’s what it says on the Nifty Products page. Thanks for catching the typo.
April 14th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
3M makes a hand-tear packing tape as well, but it is a small roll and expensive. I think I’ll give the Nifty a try.
April 14th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
I wrap boxes on a semi regular basis. with cheaper regular packing tape you tape up and when you’re done you just pull on it ’til it gives. it leaves a crinkled edge that is ugly but it works and the next time you need to find the end of the tape its easy.
April 15th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Two things I want in packing tape:
a. Remains stuck to cardboard.
b. Doesn’t tear, allowing boxes to fall apart.
Somehow the promise of easy-tear just doesn’t sit well with me.