Which duct tape do you use for labeling?

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Example of the Magtape/gaffer tape.

As others have mentioned painters tape comes off to easy and rips to easy, especially if you carrying 3-4 tanks and they are rubbing on each other. Maybe good for 1 dive but for B/O's that you can use for months with the same label I like Magtape/gaffer tape.


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After the magtape/gaffer tape variants next best thing is "vinyl tape" basically like 2" wide electrical tape. Only issue is you need scissors to cut it and I find it tends to "chip" see photo example below. But it nice and smooth to write on, stretchy, waterproof, and sticky but does not leave residue on the tank.

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Wear on the bail out is what got me to change from the glossy white duct tape to Gaff tape. Sharpie would wear off the duct tape in a couple of dives. Gaff tape was still good years later. And when time to come off, it comes off so much cleaner.
 
Le Mark MAGTAPE® XTRA Matt I got this one in white. It works very well, thank you for this recommendation.

But the reel is very large, it does not fit into my analyser box. I found no smaller version of exactly this tape. Do you know a similar tape on much smaller reel? Might sound strange but a small analyser box including tape is important to me for travelling.
 
Wrap a bunch around the sharpie that you also keep in the analyzer box.
This means I "use" the tape twice, not exactly what I want to do. Does it still stick 100%? I guess no.

I really prefere a small reel out of the box.
 
This means I "use" the tape twice, not exactly what I want to do. Does it still stick 100%? I guess no.

I really prefere a small reel out of the box.
As long as the tape stays clean during the re-roll it will be the same. Dirt, oils, fingerprints will degrade the adhesive.
 
Yellow

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Gaffer
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/
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