Rip-Tie RipWrap – Interbee 2018

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Rip-Tie RipWrap is one of those products that has been around for the last couple of years, but it seems to have flown well under the radar. At Interbee 2018 in Japan, we caught up with Rip-Tie to have a closer look at RipWrap.

So what is RipWrap?

Most of you will be familiar with Rip-Tie products, but there is a good chance you have never seen RipWrap. RipWrap offers all the holding power of gaffer’s tape, but with none of the gummy residue. It really does have endless users, especially for filmmakers.

Not only does it work in the traditional “Hook & Loop” way, ie. It can attach to attach to itself, but it will also attach to surfaces such as carpet. This makes it a very versatile product and I love how you can simply just cut it to length and place it over cables on a carpet so people won’t trip over anything. Unlike gaffer tape that leaves marks not only on the carpet but also makes your cables all sticky, RipTie is a much easier and cleaner solution. It’s also a nice solution or attaching cables around items such as boom poles and light stands.

RipWrap comes in continuous or perforated every 3, 6, 9 and 12 inches to accommodate any application. Rip-Tie claims that each piece can be used up to 25 times, but I think that is a fairly conservative estimate. On the Interbee 2018 showroom floor, the RipWrap we were testing out was being pulled up and put back down way more than 25 times just in the time we were there.

RipWrap comes in 7 different colors, orange, red, yellow, blue, green, black, and purple. It also comes in widths of 1/2″, 1″ and 2″, all in 30′ lengths. Prices start at $5.95 USD

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  • Video Soul

    I love their Rip-Lock, except they’re super expensive (if you want to get them for all your cables the cost really adds up), and they’re hard to come by in the UK. But they’re the best cable ties of that sort IMO.

    https://riptie.com/product/one-inch-wide-rip-lock-cablewrap/

  • Matty M

    Only Newsshooter covers the really important stuff! I’m actually serious… quite a few of these products fly under the radar for many of us. I’ll definitely check out RipWrap..

    +1 for Rip-Tie…Canford carry a lot of their range. The link VS supplied below shows they’ve an even bigger selection.

    My own recommendation if you’ve never come across it before is Nichigo G-Tape. Sold in the US as Industry Tape. Impossible to find in Europe. But Amazon US, Filmtools and Studio Depot all stock it.

    2” Gaff and 1/2” spike in various colors plus tack strength options.

    “So what?” well, it’s superior to cloth gaff in almost every way…truly zero residue, even after months in place. Can be pulled off and re-positioned. All due to polyethylene backing with acrylic based adhesive. Makes it water and puncture proof. Clean 90 deg. tear-off every time.

    Also matte black and white gaff options. Very handy for safe covering of logos on talent or camera rigs (e.g “ugly up” pro kit for docu/reportage to draw less attention on street etc.)

    Search “Cine Gear 2012 Industry Tape” on YouTube to see a demo.

    I’ll never use trad gaff again if I can help it, G-tape is THAT good.

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