I bought two of these to use on my kayak paddles, but ended up using something else for that. But I have a set of dumbbells with steel handles that are just slightly thin for my hands and have pretty rough knurling. Not a big deal, but I really don't need the thick callous build-up from using them. So I cut one of these grip tapes in half (found the centre by folding, then cut on an angle like the existing ends) and half a tape was the perfect amount to cover the bar grip. Only one end tape, so I cut it lengthwise and it works great. Now the dumbbells are really comfy to use. A small pleasure maybe but I like it. Now I can concentrate on the movement with no though to my grip.I don't know why they brag about this tape being "extra sticky" because it's not, and it doesn't need to be. It's sticky enough to stay in place while you install it and then not move around in use, but not sticky enough to gum up what you've wrapped with it. Perfect. (So far anyway - I've only used it for a week.)Just came back to buy a third one to put a couple longer grip areas on my barbell.***UPDATE: I've used three rolls of this now, and one of them had an issue: when I started peeling the adhesive's cover layer off, the adhesive layer stuck to the cover instead of the tape. If I'd kept pulling it would have taken the adhesive off the tape and it would have not stuck at all. I suspect that's what happened with some of the low ratings here. But all I had to do was press it back down and start again from the side instead of the end and then I was able to peel off the cover with the adhesive staying on the tape, and it installed perfectly.