I had for several years been using Scotch brand Blue tape for a specific project. I recognize the desired tape by yellow icons printed on blue: EdgeLock, 2093EL, and ScotchBlue. However, my most recent purchase had plastic covering over the surface of the tape that prevented me from discerning the desired product from labelled as "original." I mistakenly purchased the "original" and do not want to spend a great deal of my precious time testing to see if it works as well as the desired product. Since product reviews are not easily found, none were made.

I have been a solid fan of 3M and Scotch products for 45 years and am brand loyal some 98% when purchasing. Two recent purchases have disappointed: the decorative masking tape, and the traditional, off-white masking tape. The decorative masking tape was semi-sheer and didn't have the opacity to cover/conceal, say, a transition in color, nor any pattern present on the surface beneath it. The traditional masking tape seems thinner, too, and the quality is not nearly what it used to be. I handle and store my tapes kindly. A banged-up roll of masking tape is much more likely to tear or rip lengthwise. But my new, fresh, not dented roll of Scotch masking tape has been extremely prone to lengthwise, angled tear-offs--pretty much every time it is used. I expected better from Scotch/3M.

I figured this brand would be good, wrong it's so thin it keeps ripping , I ended up tossed it in trash , I thought it was made in china surprised it's made in Canada ill never buy it again I guess ill stay with gorilla tape . No point in complaining to the company they probably just ignore it.

This is the worst masking tape I've ever bought. Why would you ever make the glue stronger than the tape? It rips 100% of the time that I use it. It takes a long time to pull up the end and use it again. If I didn't already know of the Scotch brand, I'd think they just didn't know how to make tape. I'd say buy 3M but they own Scotch so I question their quality now too.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I use this tape all the time. The time it comes in most handy is when I am painting a room in my house. I put this tape all around the door and window seals to keep the paint from getting on them and paint away. Makes things go much faster. And the tape comes off without pulling any of the paint off! It works wonderfully!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have used other tapes in the past, and I have only found that scotts tapes is the best. They hold up well and they realy stick to whatever that you are using to tape up somthing, like packages or preasents, homework. Whatever it is scotch will hold it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] An intricate detailed ceramic flower pot tumbled off it's perch with a strong gust of wind & broke a section of the pot rim off. I love this pot & used Scotch Home and Office Masking Tape to mend the broken section as it's flexible enough to wrap around the broken area. That was 6 months ago and the taped pot has with stood weekly waterings & still is as strong as the day I placed the tape on the pot. Oh yes, and the flower does not seem to mind @ all as it is thriving & blooming! Scotch Tape is more than just for a quick fix to projects or mishaps as it holds on strong and long.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was trying to do a project at home alone. With no extra hands to help hold the other end of the tape measure, I grabbed my masking tape. I was able to get my measurements done. I would not have been able to hang my husbands deer mount without the help of the masking tape.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have a garage sale every summer. To save money, I don't buy the expensive garage sale price stickers, I use Scotch Home and Office Msking Tape. I write the size and price on the masking tape, tear off the piece of masking tape and place the piece directly on the item to be sold. The Scotch Home and Office Masking Tape is easy to write on with no smudging and tears off the roll easily. It's conveinent because it then easily removes from the article after it is sold. I also use to tape on garage sale items with cords that need to be wound up. The Scotch Home and Office Masing Tape then removes easily for the customer after the item is sold.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have a habit of starting a project, then running out of time, and sometimes it's weeks or even months before I pick it back up. The plan was to paint the windows. After just three weeks, this bargain tape showed me why it was so cheap. I ended up spending hours with a razor blade and solvent trying to remove it. I threw the roll away, went for the Scotch blue masking tape, and even though it took three months to get to the door, the blue tape peeled of like a dream. I learned that saving a buck just isn't worth it.