Sturdy build, terrible design
I should have listened to the reviews on A--Z. The tape itself is great. The handle is comfortable with a soft grip, but the function of the dispenser is pretty terrible. It requires a lot more pressure than other tape dispensers to push the plastic tab down and have the blades extend to cut the tape. In practice this means that it will cut successfully 6/10 times. The other times it will only partly cut the tape or worse, the pressure you need to exert will send the wheel spinning backwards causing the tape to wind itself backwards and requiring you to unjam it.
Initially, I thought it was me, I must be using it wrong, but I did everything as the instructions directed. So I went back to the old green body design and it was as smooth as butter. The tape unrolls easily and cuts exactly when you want it to.
Then I thought to bring it to the warehouse and hand it to the pros who tape boxes all day. As soon as they saw the red body they had a reaction, they had already dealt with them before.
This new design is poorly engineered which explains why it's selling as low as it is. Maybe someone will come up with a modification but in the meantime this thing will serve as a nice paperweight.
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