Tanglefoot Tangleguard Banding Material, 3 in. x 50 ft.

I bought this most awesome tree tape to wrap my trees and protect them from the elements. So far, is works great and I was even able to graft a limb from a part of the tree the broke off using this tape. Pretty good solution. I would buy it again, if I needed to.

Works great to keep ants and other tree eating bugs from damaging our trees and also used on sheperd hooks to keep crawlly bugs from going into bird feeders.

The product had no adhesion; I needed to staple it to the tree trunks. I always put synthetic backing between it and the tree trunks to better fill in the gaps gnarly bark created. It did hold the tree "goo" I was using to retard the progress of the caterpillars of gypsy moths.

I've tried a couple of different tapes to hold it at the top. (The procedure is to wrap it in a spiral, then tape it at the top. ) I've tried winding it backwards. I've tried - well, everything I can think of to try. First heavy rain and down it comes. Next up: I'm going to actually apply all-weather duct-tape directly to the tree, and apply the tanglefoot to that instead of to this paper. My concern is that this'll damage the bark (I will definitely remove and replace it each season to allow unrestricted growth for the tree, but the adhesive on the tape is a big unknown.)

I originally purchased this to use on an aspen tree along with the "tree spackle" by the same brand. The spackle compound worked so great, I didn't need to use this tree repair tape. So I used it instead as a craft ribbon, and I love it! It is stiff due to the the way it's supposed to "stick" to a tree trunk, but when dry, it's not sticky at all. It holds it's shape and is similar to wired ribbon. I used it on packages/gifts, and as a garland on a Christmas tree.

This wrap works great! Disregard negative reviews of and similar products by people who clearly don't know how to use this type of tape. For example, you DO NOT use any type of glue or adhesive with this tape as one reviewer said. And you don't start wrapping from the top as another person said. You simply start wrapping from the bottom of the trunk, overlapping each round about 1/3rd or 1/2 the width of the wrap while using moderate tension. It's the overlap that holds it on, not goo. YOU SHOULD NOT USE GOO of any type with tree wrap! For the last turn (at the top), use some waterproof tape. Wrap it around the last turn of tree wrap a couple times. That's all there is too it. I just did it to a young tree with about a 5" diameter trunk that was about 7 feet high in less than three minutes. It worked beautifully. It's so simple that I'm amazed that some people make it seem like it's rocket science. The roll did that tree with a couple feet to spare which I just wrapped several times around the top before taping. It worked so well that I just ordered more for another tree.

Cicadas are out for their 17 year hootenanny and I wanted to be prepared. Spoke to a buddy at the local Parks Department and he told me what preventative kit to assemble. Our dogwood tree was hit last year by a small tornado and lost a significant limb. Fortunately I recovered well with my efforts, and this year I wanted to protect it further. This product is biodegradable, though if you have a infestation pileup you may need to replace the banding. Since I didn’t have the recommended cotton batting I used an old shredded quilt for the base. The cotton batting fills in the gaps of the bark underneath from these larva laying locusts. The it’s really just some tree rope bondage, some wrapping, more rope and the goop! Ultimately a very satisfying feeling will come over you knowing your beautiful longtime wood friend is protected…and the Cicadas showed up elsewhere, better safe than sorry.

Easy to install but seems to sag over time especially after it rains.

Misleading advertising. Only provides cardboard wrap and not the insect barrier glue. Rip off.

Need the goop to go with it.

The ad said that this product was waterproof, but one night of rain soaked all of the banding I had done and it all rippled and came loose from the trees. It might work well for good weather… But it does not stand up to moisture at all. Not worth the price.

Spent about ten minutes with it and threw it in the garbage. Outrageously difficult to get on a small tree and there is no way to get it to stay put. Might be fine for banding a very large tree if you need to do that for some reason. Useless for newly planted.

It was a great idea but very hard to keep paper around tree trunk. First rainfall and the weight of the rain brought them all down. Looking to find better ways to keep the wrap around the trunk