I bought this tape to secure typical brown moving boxes. The tape fails miserably and does not stick. I've gone through several roles, and always come back to boxes with the tape hanging off, after coming loose because it does not stick. This answers the question why, if you receive a box by mail, it is encased I'm the tape. It's an attempt to secure the package. I'm sure that sales are,high because you have to use so much for every box. It's a junky product.

Just bought a six pack of this product and there are three problems before I ever use it: The fact that I sought out this web site to complain about this product, which I rarely do about anything, is an indication of my frustration with it, 1) Instructions for routing the tape through the dispenser are incomprehensible: "Pull tape through tabs" You can't pull tape "through" tabs - there is no "through". There is only under or over. Horrible diagram included does not make this any better. Once you figure that out, you are on your own on how to route tape across cutting bar. 2) You can't get the tape off the roll without damaging the roll, the dispenser, or both. There is a white bar to indicate where the tape begins on the roll, only it's not at the beginning, its buried somewhere in the first turn of tape on the roll. You have to use a boxcutter or similar to cut carefully cut into the roll and unwind the first turn, losing some amount of product just to create a starting point. 3) When you attempt to remove the cardboard the instructions are printed on, it tears off and leaves a section under the cutting bar which must be removed to use the tape. This is so difficult to remove it requires needle nose pliers to pull out, and it's so strong that the cutting bar is actually damaged at the four points where it must be removed. Normally I love 3M products. My house, garage and workshop are full of 3M products. I trust 3M to deliver a quality product. The tape on this product is probably wonderful, but that doesn't matter if you can't access or use it due to poor packaging and incomprehensible instructions.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I am in the process of moving and I have been using the scotch tape . It is very effective for securely wrapping boxes . I would definitely recommend it as a top choice for packing tape . The dispenser makes it very quick and efficient as well .

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received this product free from 3M. I'm sure glad I did because I just recently moved to a new house. I used a lot of this tape! The tape dispenser is easy to use, the tape is heavy duty. I had some cheaper tape that needed several strips of tape to hold the box shut. The heavy duty tape held up well during transporting. I can't say enough positive things about this tape!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The high performance tape and heavy duty dispenser is the best one I have found I would rate it 5 stars except for the fact I have not found one yet that I don't end up stuck to at one time or another!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I volunteer to evaluate products for 3M, and the company recently sent me a free sample of Scotch Heavy Duty Packaging Tape. I've used this tape for shipping packages, and they arrived at their destination totally intact. When I've used other brands, I did not always have the same result. It's also great for when you're organizing items in boxes for storage.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] when the clips that hold my cartridge on vacuum broke and dust went every where, i tape it closed to the vacuum and wall-a was back doing my cleaning and is still holding,but the nicest thing was how easy it was to stretch across and seal and tear at the point that they needed and i had three layer tape patch not just for sealing packages anymore

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received the product (Scotch Heavy Duty Shipping Packaging Tape with Dispenser) free from 3M and liked it a lot when I tried it. The boxes I sealed with this tape stayed closed with one strip of tape. I am not worried about them going through cross-country mail and becoming unsealed.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've used the Scotch Heavy Duty Shipping tape to seal packages for shipping. I like the seal it provides the boxes. The tape is secure overall. One thing I dislike is the tape rips and splits more than I would like.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I needed to send a package to my daughter away at college ASAP. The only box I had was flimsy, and I was in a hurry as usual. Had High Performance Packaging Tape with Heavy Duty Dispenser on hand. Went around it both ways to make sure the box would stay together. It did. Very pleased. didnt need much but it worked so well my daughter complained the it was hard to get open. :)