Harbor freight electrical tape

[Schandyman]

Any one familiar with or used it before? Wonder how the adhesive is and flexibility.

 

[zrxkawboy]

I have not used it, but I learned long ago to only use 3M Scotch Super 33 tape. No other brand compares.

 

[Gimpy1]

I have not used it, but I learned long ago to only use 3M Scotch Super 33 tape. No other brand compares.

100% agree. Its the best electrical tape out there. Worth every penny I have several colors in my tool bag and keep a roll in the trunk.I will never buy the cheap stuff, because in the end cheap=redo.

 

[StarCaller]

the glue on the Harbor Freight tape turns to goo with time; you're better off with the 3M Scotch Super 33+

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[spasm3]

I have not used it, but I learned long ago to only use 3M Scotch Super 33 tape. No other brand compares.

I'm right there! I don't mess with anything else.

 

[Chris142]

It will unravel in a wek

 

[Jimmy9190]

Super 33 is best in hot climates, like where it is 80 to 90 degrees or higher. Super 88 is best for jobs in really cold sub-freezing environments. You don't want to use anything else especially if you don't to have to want to re-wrap the connections later on. The cheap HF and Scotch Tartan tape is ok for something very temporary, like taping wires to a fish tape to pull through a house or a car. Super 33 is the only electrical tape I have ever used that stands up to the Florida heat. The trick with any electrical tape is to stretch it as you wrap it.

 

[Propflux01]

Made In China. Nothing more to say...

 

[demarpaint]

I'd pass on the HF electrical tape. Super 33 FTW!

 

[Lubener]

Any one familiar with or used it before? Wonder how the adhesive is and flexibility.

I never seen any good low cost electrical tape. Some of this junk sounds like you're peeling sweet corn when taking off the roll. Do yourself a favor and get some Scotch 33 instead.

 

[GMBoy]

HF tape is terrible - been there done that.

 

[Schandyman]

This tape sounds real like . Glad I never purchased it. Thanks all

 

[tmorris1]

I had some and hate it now. My son went to school to be an electrician and he said they only use 3M. He gave a roll and I will never use anything else again. It is so much more flexible and stretchy so it installs a lot easier and looks much better when finished,

 

[The_Jeff]

Piling on here, cheap tape is miserable. It's not the nylon, it's the adhesive.

I still use it, because I'm using it up. It's bearable when I hold it in place with a zip tie or heat shrink. It's good for "bulking up" a connection so it fits the next size higher heat shrink tubing.

All that said, HF sells heat shrink and zip ties too. Both are ok.

 

[skyactiv]

At work we are given and required to use Tesa on repairs, not 3M.

 

[Schandyman]

This is my usual go to electrical tape

And for identifying phase etc, I buy the individual colors of #35

 

[Kira]

A friend's dad was a power company field man so, with that endless supply of electric tape, my friend learned to do/fix darn near anything with it.
He should get credit for preceding any and all "duct tape" jokes.

I bought HF tape, realized immediately that it was inferior, and gave it to him and told him why.
He uses it outside for quick "fixes" which he'll redo neatly anyway so he has no problem with it. I won't buy the stuff again.
He goes by HFs in his neck of the woods so he can do whatever he likes.

 

[Schandyman]

At work we are given and required to use Tesa on repairs, not 3M.

I've come across that brand tape a few times.. do you work for a European owned or based company?

 

[Fitter30]

Another example of u get what u pay for. HF tape tape glue fails scotch and other top line make don't. Thickness of tape doesn't change where HF can. My concern is when u have to stick your fingers back into a junction box just don't want the tape to fail.

 

[StarCaller]

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