Fletching Tape?

[Gooserbat]

Dose it work, and is it easy to use?

[MCS]

Yes to both questions.

[luvnlongbow]

Yes on both. Been using it for a while now with no issues.As stated before shelf life is a concern. I however have had no problems.

[Gooserbat]

Any tips for using and should you glue down the front and back edges?

[MCS]

I run a small beed of glue but a drop on the ends will work too.

[jcar315]

Yes....and Yes. Lots of good info here on fletch tape. Quick search should show a lot of top notch info on the "in's and out's" of its use.

[Dorado]

I use tape on mine. I'll put a drop on the ends and I'll try to flatten them. I've sent an arrow through my bag target where I had to pull it through and the feathers with tape held up just fine.

[jcar315]

Few tips that I've found that work well for me:

1. I do run a bit of super glue on both ends of my feather. Like the security it provides and I've never had one fall off either.

2. I keep my fletch tape in the refrigerator....I have one in the work shop. This keeps it nice and "fresh" and provides optimal "stickiness" over a long period of time.

Give yourself some time to get used to it. Some grapple for a while with how to get it off the roll etc. I use an exacto knife and it works well.

Please know that this is like most things in the YMMV.

Good luck!

[huskyarcher]

100x better than glue!

[Alexander Traditional]

I don't use it myself,but I have watched quite a few videos on the installation. If you go to the how-to section on the forum home you will see that Rob Di Stefano has a good video on how to install them.

[Firstlight]

Works great.

I put a bead of glue at each end of feather.  I also run a bead along the entire length of quill.

Not sure the last step is needed but I that is how I was taught so I have always done it that way.

My fletch never moves or loses helical.

[cyred4d]

Once you get the hang of it you will never go back to glue. It just plain works.

[Zradix]

horrible stuff.
A scourge to all a traditional archers.
The spawn of evil.

[Zradix]

just kidding it's good stuff..    

just get your shafts clean with acetone, alcohol, naptha or something f the sort. and don't touch the tape with your fingers.

[Terry Lightle]

We sell a lot of it,have not had anybody complain.

[EHK]

Like everybody else said, great stuff.  Put  drop of glue at  each end for insurance.  Super easy to work with and even shooting in the dead of winter, it won't let go.  Good stuff.

[jcar315]

Rob's How To thread:

 http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000120

[Richie]

Yes, easy to use and durable

[Flying Dutchman]

It's all I use on carbon shafts

[Bladepeek]

I use it on my One Stringer wraps with a drop of super glue front and back - partly for insurance and partly to insure no sharp point on the front of the quill.

Just came back from a 3-D shoot and had some positive reinforcement. I did what nobody else does and actually missed a hog. The arrow passed just in front of the chest, went through some closely spaced saplings and I thought it was gone forever. I found the arrow about five feet beyond the saplings lying sideways on the ground. The cock feather was cleanly sheared off, but the quill was still stuck firmly to the shaft. Can't ask for more holding power than that.