I have a tartan tape dispenser which works great. It was only about $1 more but has horrible reviews on this site and someone said they had to put it together which I don't remember if mine came assembled or not. So I ordered this one. It's sitting in my drawer with no tape on it. I thought the bad reviews were maybe due to inferior tape rather than the tape gun. However upon using this tape gun I found the metal guide sticks out farther. So when you are trying to tape a box you end up pressing the on the metal guide thereby sticking the tape to the gun rather than the package. It's definitely not suited for heavy use. It would be simple for Staples to correct this design flaw. But never the less I won't be buying another one. Cheap as it was it was still a waste of money.
I use the packaging tape to use for any taping needs. I use mostly on reassembling boxes that I have stored away. The handle feels strong and believe that it will hold up when used on taping packages.
This tape gun is a piece of junk. The tape sticks to the dispensing part of the gun. Tape doesn't come out properly. Basically it was a waste of money. I ship a lot for business and I was very disappointed in this tape gun.
I'm surprised at the review stating this product is junk. I'm back here to purchase a 2nd one for our business. The 1st one we had works pretty well for our light-use purposes shipping 1-2 boxes per day. It works better than an older one we have. The tape rolls off easily and we don't have a problem with it getting stuck or tangled like we do with our old one. However I haven't used that many different shipping tape dispensers so I wouldn't know if there was a phenomenal product out there.