Editing The Pen Addict 109/transcript (section)

== Click Tape Dispenser ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. The click tape dispenser. This, this has Anna Reiner all over it.

'''Anna Reinert:''' You know, I think the, uh, the creator actually sent me a, um, a notice in, in Twitter, like, Hey, look over here.

'''Anna Reinert:''' And I was like, okay. And I looked at it and I'm like, Oh, I got to buy four of them to get the green one. I backed it. I bought four of them. So, and, uh, my husband saw it and he goes, those are really cool. And I'm like, I'm glad you like one. Cause you're getting one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And so are a couple other people this Christmas.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So tell me, tell me if you, can you actually explain this, um, without someone who hasn't seen this yet? Can you explain what's going on here?

'''Anna Reinert:''' Um, what they did was, um, basically your standard roll of scotch tape is normally sits on, um, like a spindle inside of a regular tape dispenser. And then there's a cutting device. What they did, uh, what the creators of the click tape did was that basically it's held onto, um, a ring. And so where you, um, instead of a spindle, it sort of clicks into the ring and on the far end of the ring are the, um, the cutting teeth. So it's just a very, it's a very simple, it's very, like, it's one of those pieces that I looked at and I thought this is going to be considered a very classic design one day. Um, people are going to look at it and be like, why did it take people so long to figure that out? How like aesthetically appealing it looks to have this, it basically ends up looking like two interlocking rings. Right. When it sits on your desk and, um, it doesn't take up a ton of space. So I think it would be, um, fairly portable where the teeth sit, wouldn't necessarily like cut into your backpack or anything like that. And the rolls of scotch tape just pop in and out of the, the ring. So.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So I thought two things when I saw this, um, one, why didn't someone think of this before? Cause it is such a simple, cool design. And then two, this guy has been working on this for a long time. I mean, just reading through his Kickstarter page, he has put in the time, like perfecting the design of this. I mean, it looks like he started all the way back in 2006 coming up with prototypes of this and, um, he's finally got it out here. And, um, that project was funded successfully just a few days ago, I think three days ago. Um, so that's very cool. So, um, we'll have the link in the show notes. Um, it's, it's all closed up now, but I bet you, you will be seeing more of this, uh, of the click tape. Cause that's, it's really cool.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Yeah. I'm hoping that, um, some of the, um, office supply online sites will say, Hey, we'd like to buy these in bulk from you. So that he'll get some wholesale orders or something.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I don't see why not. I mean, it looks like it's probably at, at the right price point. It can probably be mass produced pretty readily. And, um, it's just, it's just flat out cool.

'''Anna Reinert:''' Yeah. I'm hoping that it will hold, um, some of the washi tapes, but I'm not sure if it'll fit on the spindles. So that's my big experiment is because I have a drawer full of the washi tapes and I'm like, if that works, that's going to be fantastic.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. Cause those don't necessarily use, there's not standard, um, I don't know what the hole in the middle. It's not necessarily standard width or standard diameter.

'''Anna Reinert:''' And some of them are, and some of them aren't. I think a lot of the, uh, the MT tape brand, I think theirs fit on a regular tape dispenser, but it's, I'm just curious because of the click mechanism, how much, you know, sort of wiggle room you have if they don't fit exactly. Cause the one nice thing with like Scotch tape brand ones is the, the actual spindle that they sit on is plastic where things like the MT tapes, those are, um, they're usually a wooden or a paperboard spool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep.