Sellotape Original Golden, Multi-Purpose Clear Tape for Household Objects, Clear Packing Tape for Sticking Envelopes or Cards, Easy to Use & Extra Sticky Packaging Tape, 24mm x 50m

I have purchased this many times now and is a top quality product with reasonable thickness and therefore not known to have torn in use. The colour is a very slight yellow but basically clear tape. The size is adequate for general use and very sticky which is most important as you want it to work well. It is easy to use and fits well on my old dispenser which is many years old now and still going strong.

Better Than Expected

Exactly as described/photo. Excellent branded product, great adhesion, stronger, more economical than other cheaper makes that shred/tear, 50m roll, Highly recommend.

Good

Pros:Cheapest genuine sellotape I've foundWide (great for inaccurate fast wrapping)Thick roll (should last ages)Very strong compared to other brands (I have had no accidental triangular tears along the roll when used so far, and no struggling to find the end)Con:Slight yellow tinge compared to my last cheaper brand (noticed when quick fixing small school book rips)

If, like me, you often try to save a few pennies by buying unknown brand cheaper products only to find somethings are just worth going for the original, or leading brand. Like tape, have you found yourself frustrated with it breaking or splitting as you are trying to use it, it becoming brittle with age, or spending considerable time trying to find its end with your fingernail. Well hopefully I have saved you some time. In this case main brand is the one to go for and here it’s a really good price. I just bought 3 for a dispenser I use often. It’s one issue to find the right product, then running out when you really need it. Christmas is coming up, make jobs a little more easy using this tape. And buy a dispenser if you don’t have one already. It’s one of those little things you wish you had done years ago.

My five stars aren't because I am wildly excited about my new roll of Sellotape, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, so why not?It came from the Amazon Marketplace Seller san direct, and is certainly the real thing, packaged and presented exactly as pictured. I installed it on a desk-top dispenser last night in the midst of a big mail-out job - well, big for a non-commercial, front room table-top job. The tape of the new roll seemed thinner than the generic competitor that had just run out. Being a micron or two thinner may be a part of the cost of there being a useful 50 metres all on one roll - that's enough to secure about 400 reluctant 'self-seal' envelopes. However, the tape played none of the tricks that a roll of self-adhesive tape can - such as peeling-off to the side, leaving a long, pointed spear of tape to be coaxed off with a finger nail and discarded before work can recommence (only for it to happen again ... and again!). Neither was the roll impossibly tight on the spindle of the dispenser, making it hard to get on and off, as some are.Being thinner than the tape I had become used to, it was inclined to curl on itself and self-adhere (resulting in wastage of time and tape), but with attention to technique in handling that can largely be avoided.The tape adhered faultlessly and the job was soon done.UPDATE JUNE 2015: A new roll bought from Marketplace seller 'We R Stationery' has now also proved genuine and satisfactory.

Regular purchase and does not let me down for all my packaging uses