<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">The ProTapes website is a good resource with more product info than I’ve found elsewhere. <div><br></div><div>It allows comparison based on specs across their product line, but does not compare products from other manufacturers.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruce<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek proverb</span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 19, 2021, at 17:19, Joe via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpd1c67f39yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">On a puppeteers'f forum, someone asked for gaffer's tape recommendations. Some complained about cheap, but poor quality sources. And many said to get "real" gaffer's tape. Though, most didn't define "real" or even say where the "real" stuff came from.<br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span data-offset-key="4u2ri-0-0"><span data-text="true">I would expect that one of the theater magazines would have done a review of the various sources. They might have tested things like tensile strength, adhesion, residue, etc.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span data-offset-key="4u2ri-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span data-offset-key="4u2ri-0-0"><span data-text="true">Can anyone recommend a place to look for such a Consumer Reports article on Gaffer's tape? If there isn't a good one, which coves a lot of sources, it sounds like a good university project.</span></span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpd1c67f39signature"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">-Joe</div></div></div></div><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/></span><br><span>Stagecraft mailing list</span><br><span>Stagecraft@theatrical.net</span><br><span>http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>