Gorilla Tape 6035182 2-Inch-by-35-Yard Tape Roll, Black Reviews

• Be Careful What You Wish For

  
  By A33ZYFE8XMKKR1 on 2006-11-08
  As the advertisements suggest, this tape will stick to brick and virtually any other surface. Be careful though, because it might just strip the paint upon removal. This was the painful lesson I learned when trying to temporarily hold some video cables to my wall and ceiling. Even when using a hair dryer to soften the adhesive, I was not able to prevent the paint from getting ripped off, no mater how gentle I was.
  
  Despite my lack of success with the hair dryer, the only area where I have seen Gorilla Tape fail is in moderately-high temperature applications. For example, I wanted to use the tape to patch small leaks around the exhaust hose of a new portable air conditioner. The warm air would simply soften the adhesive over time, causing it to fall off.
  
  It would be nice if a version of Gorilla Tape had nylon filaments, similar to strapping tape. While strong, Gorilla Tape does not have the tensile strength provided by such reinforcing fibers. This feature would then allow Gorilla Tape to be employed in a number of other applications where it could serve as a structural element instead of merely a bonding medium.
  
  
  Pros
  Excellent adhesive qualities
  Cross woven fibers
  
  Cons
  Doesn't hold up in moderately high temperatures
  No nylon filament reinforcement
  Stickiness can make some applications difficult
  
  
  

• Adhesiveness does not equal strength - and it has a horrible odor

  
  By A2NVQZ4Y7Y0J1R on 2006-11-22
  I bought this tape thinking it would be better than duct tape. It wasn't.
  
  Yes, Gorilla tape is sticky. And yes, it's probably stickier than duct tape. But that doesn't mean it's as strong.
  
  I taped a plastic crate that I use for hauling packages to the Post Office. The side of the crate had cracked and needed to be repaired. I used a a good three foot strip of tape that extended half way around the crate. After a few weeks of use the tape completely failed - it literally split in two like masking tape. I simply pulled the crate out of the back of my car and one of edges of it (the crate, not the tape) caught on the bottom. I tugged a little and that little bit of pressure popped the tape right in two as if it were nothing. I have never seen duct tape behave like this, not once.
  
  One more thing - this tape has a horrible odor. Think wet dog or old socks stink. Whatever you use it on will stink for days.
  
  Not sure if I just got a bad roll or if other reviewers used the tape for other purposes. But there's no way I'd ever buy another roll of this.
  
  

• Excellent sticking power, even on porous surfaces.

  
  By AGF5R0NX88XPH on 2006-08-13
  I used this stuff to tape down carpets, and on unpainted, porous wood. It is amazing how well it sticks. It is quite thick and strong also, but you can tear it like duct tape. Only thing I couldn't stick it to was a dusty metal surface, and I didn't expect to anyway: it just picks up the dust. Once clean, that metal surface gave ultimate adhesion. I just bought 2 more rolls.
  
  

• STICKY BUT NOT AS STRONG OR HEAT RESISTENT AS IT SHOULD BE -- OUR SOLUTION WAS A GLUE GUN!

  
  By A26HFSVLAGULIM on 2007-06-14
  IN A NUTSHELL:
  
  If "Duck Tape" is not sticky enough and "Gorilla Tape" is not durable enough perhaps it is time to try something different?
  
  The solution for us was a glue gun and there are different types of glue that are available to be loaded in the gun depending on your needs.
  
  JUST WHAT'S WHAT WITH GORILLA GLUE?
  
  Essentially all the virtues and shortcomings of this product have been well articulated by other reviewers except perhaps for the sheer frustration that using the wrong sticky product can fill one's day with.
  
  Gorilla Glue's virtue, it is very sticky, is made into a fatal weakness due to the tape's lack of strength, compared to the bond it provides compounded by its lack of durability when exposed to the elements. In practice, the surfaces that you want to keep joined eventually come apart because the tape fails. The bond stays strong but the structure of the tape is niether strong enough nor weather resistant enough to provide a long lasting bond.
  
  BOTTOM LINE: WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT PRODUCT IF THE TAPE WERE STRONGER AND MORE WEATHER RESISTANT
  
  [I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY PRODUCT OR COMPANY]
  
  
  
  

• Killer Tape

  
  By AV13VWPZYMZHC on 2007-01-04
  Killer strong tape, black. Easy to rip. Yes, there is nothing like duct tape in looks and function, but this tape is great.
  
  

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