I debated about buying this as there are so many tapes that now include dispensers. This makes package wrapping easy! I'm glad I made the investment. Even though it was relatively inexpensive it works better than previous dispensers I have owned.
I just got this a week ago after my old tape dispenser went missing... it is horrible! Every time I pack a box (which is quite often) I am fighting with this thing! I will definitely be tossing this aside and reordering the one I originally had that was from a different company. Tape is frustrating to deal with in general but I wanted to throw this out the window several times this week.
I wanted a sturdy dispenser and this is. But the tape sticks to the metal strip (assuming I have it loaded correctly; since there is no instruction drawing with the item and it can be loaded two different ways I am just guessing). If I turn it around and load it the other way it sticks to the roller. Either the design is stupid or I am stupid.
This dispenser has poor mechanics on the dispensing end. The tape was consistantly tearing in the wrong place as well as sticking back to itself and/or the dispenser. I personaly believe the cutting edge is too small and should carry across the whole roll.