BOMEI PACK 2Pack Reinforced Kraft Paper Tape, Self Adhesive Paper Gummed Packing Tape, for Heavy Duty Packing, Shipping, Moving and Storage, 2Inch55yds

This tape has good grip, and stays in place

Depending on your needs, this might be better than the clear, thin, unmanageable crap; but it is not paper (unless you consider plastic-coated paper to be paper!) The roll is too big to fit decently into a standard tape dispenser, so the first couple of yards pulled off the dispenser require quite a tug. As stated by some other reviewers, the tape really doesn't stick well to commercial boxes. I found that I had to pull enough tape to go entirely around the box such that the tape could stick to itself. Even then, I had a couple of instances where the edges curled up... not even wanting to stay stuck on itself. When first applied, the tape appeared to stick fine. It would unstick after a few hours of being staged for delivery. For normal packaging, I don't recommend this product. It may have other uses, but I'm not even sure about that. Maybe if you glue the tape? Sorry, that was snarky. -- update 7/29/25 -- I threw out all the remaining rolls. I could not keep the previous rating in good consciousness. It probably should be a zero since I wasn't able to find a useful purpose for this tape after trying to accommodate all of its shortcomings. The one package I used it on evidently made it to the recipient (or at least he didn't complain about a missing package), but I'm not willing to try another.

I recycle my outgoing boxes, they aren’t always perfect this reinforcing tape is very sticky

As a warehouse worker in my youth, I've always preferred this kind of tape for packages. It's always stuck better, reinforces boxes, and hides seals. All that said, though, I'd never tried this particular brand, though. My wife had some shipments of clothing products in rather large boxes that needed to be sent to the Bahamas and to New York, and I wasn't interested in using the clear tape she uses for the smaller packages she sent. Especially those larger boxes that were going to leave the country. So I bought some of this tape because of my past experiences. I was initially impressed. The tape stuck well. There were a few small punctures in the boxes (we re-used some boxes) that were easily covered by the tape, which felt like a solid seal. I did immediately notice what others have complained about, that the tape wouldn't stick to itself. So if you cross tape (I like to put tape along the length of the box to seal the box, and then put a strip of tape across the width of the box as reinforcement), it latter tape does not stick to the prior tape. That wasn't really a deal-breaker for me, though, because that wasn't a stress point a the tape still stuck well to the sides and across the middle. Overall, I was fairly happy with the tape. The day after was another story, though. I got up the next morning and discovered that a lot of the tape on different boxes and come loose, and in several places which weren't stress points. On a few of the boxes the tape which I'd used long-ways to seal the fold-overs had come loose from the sides of the boxes. There were some edges I'd reinforced with the tape which had come up as well. All this surprised me, honestly, because the seal of the tape to the cardboard had felt very solid the day before. It says all that needs to be said that I will now be reinforcing these boxes with the plastic clear tape my wife typically uses, even though I bought this tape to avoid that. That says it all, I think. I'll be reinforcing this tape with other tape. That shouldn't be a thing. In this tape's defense, however, I will concede that some of the boxes we used were irregular, in that they weren't pristine new boxes and had some weaker spots in places. But I specifically bought this tape in the expectation that it could provide some reinforcement, like the similar tape I'd used in warehouses. On the new, perfectly squared up boxes that we used, the tape did quite well in most places. It says all that needs to be said, though, that a tape I bought to reinforce some boxes wasn't all that good at reinforcing anything. I could have just used the wife's standard plastic clear tape for all the good this tape did me. I hate to be hyper-critical, but I probably wouldn't buy this tape again. For me, that's all that needs to be said, really.

This is THE BEST packing tape for mailing something that I have ever used!! LOVE IT! Excellent grip/adhesion!

Purchase transaction was flawless. The tape is reinforced and self gummed so no problem with needing water to activate. It doesn't stick horribly well over time. It seems to be stuck really well and I use a flat item to impress pressure over the tape no matter what I'm taping. I've come back a day or two later and found some peeled away from the box on 2 or 3 occasions. I've started putting a small piece of packing tape over the edge just so it doesn't peel back. Probably wouldn't purchase again.

Does the job

Best tape so far