Tear This Packing Tape By Hand

Believe it or not, sometimes duct tape isn’t the right tape for the job. You can’t see through it and it doesn’t always stick well to cardboard, so for things like shipping and packing you need packing tape. The trouble is that you can’t just rip packing tape — until now.

Nifty gives their Hand Tear Tape serrated edges which allow you to actually tear the tape by hand. They apply a strong acrylic adhesive to a 3.2 mil. polypropylene tape for a product that they claim resists aging, withstands weathering, thwarts UV light, and persists without yellowing.

A 2″ by 55-yard roll will run you $4 to $6.