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Scotch® Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser

Item # 901-38502ST Model # 3850-2ST

• Material: Acrylic • Core Diameter: 3" • Adhesive Type: Hot Melt

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71% of respondents would recommend this

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20x stronger than acrylic packaging tape—Scotch® Brand's strongest clear-to-core packaging tape.

Split-, burst- and moisture-resistant for long-lasting performance Great choice for your most critical packaging tape needs Value pack includes 2 rolls of tape with ST-181 pictol-grip dispenser Tape size: 1.88" x 54.6 yards Thickness: 3.1 mils Tensile strength: 47lbs. per inch wide Made in the U.S.A.

Product Information: Adhesive Type :

Hot Melt; Material :

Acrylic; Tape Width :

2"; Core Diameter :

3"; Tape Length :

54.6 yds; Color :

Clear; Application/Usage :

Shipping; Features :

Instant adhesion provides immediate holding power
Miscellaneous: Certifications & Standards :

Meets USPS and UPS Postal Service Requirements; Brand :

Scotch; Country of Origin :

CHN
Reliability: Durability :

Moisture ResistantSplit Resistant
General Information: Tensile Strength :

2 lb. or Less
Weight: Weight :

2.05 lbs. per Pack

REVIEW SNAPSHOT®

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Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser

3.6

(based on 7 reviews)

71%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Cons

Hard to use (3)

Best Uses

- Reviewer Profile:
- Quality oriented (5)
- Primary use:
- Business (6)

Reviewed by 7 customers

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12/5/2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great Tape Gun!

By Vinoslinger

from Oregon

About Me Quality Oriented

Pros

Comfortable
Easy Application
Easy to use

Cons

Best Uses

Cuts Quickly
Easy To Reload
Quick Action
Rolls Smoothly

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

We pack over three thousand boxes a year. The staff always ends up fighting over who gets the "good" tape gun. The red Scotch one that is... We are buying more, so everyone can have one to themselves.
Note: High quality tape is definitely the key.

11/8/2011

5.0

Good quality and value

By OfficeMgr

from Warren, MI

About Me Value Oriented

Pros

Cons

Best Uses

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

Great product - I buy these for all my warehouses.

10/21/2009

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Comfortable, but steep learning curve

By eBay miniTycoon

from FL

About Me Quality Oriented

Pros

Well Padded

Cons

Hard to Use

Best Uses

Packing

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

This is a great dispenser if you're going to use it all day, very comfortable and durable. The problem for infrequent users is the safety cutting mechanism requires a little skill to operate and is very unforgiving if you don't have the tension set properly.

Also, this thing is in dire need of a tensioner lock. I find myself tightening it down a quarter turn every few packages to keep from wasting tape.

1/20/2009

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Recommended

By A guy who ships often

from his house

About Me Quality Oriented

Pros

Lightweight
Well Padded

Cons

Bulky

Best Uses

Productivity

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

Works well, I think the one star review is unfair. A little tricky to get the tape to cut because it requires a fair amount of pressure, but it does cut the tape without wasting much if any, and it gets the job done.

12/11/2008

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

2.0

Not thrilled with the design

By Office manager lady

from Columbus OH

Pros

Handle is nice
May be safer

Cons

Hard to Use

Best Uses

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

The retracting blade seems like a good idea for safety...but the design makes it hard to cut the tape. We end up struggling with it, and I agree, it ends up wasting too much of the pricey packaging tape.
We've used it occasionally for at least a year now.

8/13/2008

(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Great Tape Gun

By Night-hunter

from Chapel Hill

About Me Quality Oriented

Pros

Comfortable Grip
Cuts Easily
Easy To Use
Highly Compatible
Retracts cutter automatic
Unrolls Smoothly

Cons

Tape sticks to gun

Best Uses

Shipping Department
Storage
Volume Mailing/Shipping

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

Pressing the top tape platen causes the cutter to extend and cut the tape, eliminating the wrist twist that most other tape guns require. Took a day or too to get accustomed to this , but definitely a better design. I tape about 200 large boxes a week, and have used both kinds of gun and prefer this model.
Of course, using good tape is key to a successful tape gun usage, as setting the tension properly!

6/19/2008

(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

I wouldn't recommend Scotch dispenser.

By GJ

from Frederick, MD

About Me Quality Oriented

Pros

Cons

Cuts Tape Poorly
Hard To Use
Poor design
Very awkward to use

Best Uses

Comments about Scotch� Heavy Duty Shipping Tape with Pistol Grip Dispenser:

I use this product for shipping and was very disappointed. This was a replacement for one that was lost. It appears they redesigned it with "litigation-proofing" in mind, but in the process wound up with an inferior product. It is awkward to use, hard to get it to cut the tape and wastes an amazing amount of tape in the process. I would definitely NOT recommend purchasing.