Band Aid Medical Tape As Budget Solution For Mouth Taping? My Review After Years Of N=1 Experience
Channel: Red Light Therapy by Alex Fergus
Date: 2021-08-19

Welcome to my next mouth tape review video. The main reason I added a video about this band aid mouth tape is because it's the option I've been using for YEARS, before moving on to other professional solutions. 

You might know that I've got a dedicated scoring system for mouth taping products. As in previous videos - such as my Somnifix review - I've used the following scoring system:

1) Stickability: does the tape stay on well during the night and not fall off? Also, can you remove the mouth tape for a while and then put it back up again?
2) Safety: is the product safe to use? Can you easily remove the product? 
3) Practicality: does the product actually decrease mouth breathing? 
4) Price: how much does the product cost per strip and per night?
5) Everything else: appearance, packaging, travel friendly, can you communicate with it, etcetera?

Here's the features of this VERY SIMPLE but highly effective product.

✅ Band aid medical tape is extremely cheap. In fact, I've used this product for years as a mouth taping tool before moving on to the other options I'm reviewing right now.
✅ Keep in mind that this product has NOT been made for mouth taping purposes specifically - it's a medical tape to fixate band aids in place with wounds and for other reasons. I simply use 2-3 inches of this tape when I use this as mouth tape.

My Somnifix review can be viewed here: https://aferg.co/somnifixreview
My Myotape review can be viewed here: https://aferg.co/myotapereview

For Alex's article on mouth taping, read: https://aferg.co/mouth-taping

If you want to learn more about symptoms, causes and risk factors of mouth breathing, read here https://draxe.com/health/mouth-breather/

Here's my scoring in the 5-round scoring system:

✅ Stickability: The product stays on all night but if I remove it, I need another strip. You only get 1 shot with this product. Every time you re-apply the product the stickability goes down. Score: 3/5
✅ Safety: The product is hypoallergenic and non-irritating, so that's great. The product is made to be placed on the skin, to be precise. However, the reason it's not as good as other mouth taping products is because it's harder to remove. Also, you cannot breathe through your mouth if really necessary as with other products such as Somnifix. I struggle to keep this tape off once I've used this product for a few hours. For many people this product isn't the safest option! However, you can use a smaller piece of tape vertically across your mouth. Score: 2/5
✅ Practicability: The product does work VERY well. Also, with bigger strips the performance goes up. The only downside is that the product CAN come off. Score: 4/5
✅ Price: $9 NZD, translating to $6.30 USD. You can buy this tape almost everywhere. You'll get 9.1 meters, or 30 feet. With 2.5 inch strips, you get 139 nights out of this product. One night's strip is 4.5 cents in USD. For the price, this scores 5/5.
✅ Everything else: Appearance isn't too bad compared to other products. Random bits of tape also end up almost everywhere. With this product, there's not TOO much mess though. The ease of application is also reasonable. Talking is still possible with a vertical seal. Score: 3/5

The total score is 18/25, which is VERY decent!! Simplicity and value are the biggest upsides, safety and the ability to talk are the biggest problems!

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0:00 Start
01:07 Basic Info
02:20 Stickability
04:35 Safety
08:15 Practicality
09:13 Price
10:50 Everything Else
13:34 Final Score