Effetto Carogna SM Tape Reviews

Review score: 9.8/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £10.5 – Save 19% (RRP: £12.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Effetto Carogna SM Tape worthy of a review score of 9.8 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Effetto
• Videos
• Summary
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View reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles

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Effetto Carogna SM Tape features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Rim Tape. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Effetto Carogna SM Tape.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Effetto Carogna SM Tape is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Rim Tape. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Rim Tape. Brands like Effetto are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Rim Tape category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Rim Tape.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Effetto Carogna SM Tape

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Effetto Carogna SM Tape.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Effetto Carogna SM Tape was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £10.5 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.9 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Rim Tape

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Rim Tape.

We found 24 in the Rim Tape category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £10.70, making it below average at £10.5.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Rim Tape. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £37.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.50.

With 24 products available we worked out that 8 cost more than Effetto Carogna SM Tape and 15 were cheaper.

Cost of Effetto products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 13 products from Effetto, of which 3 were in the Rim Tape category.

For now though we’re looking at Effetto branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £26.27 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Effetto product we found was £6.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £118.99.

Of the 13 from Effetto, 7 were more expensive than Effetto Carogna SM Tape and 5 were cheaper.

How much are Effetto Rim Tape?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Effetto products that are listed in the Rim Tape category.

The average price of the 3 products that match this search was £10.16, with the cheapest coming in at £9.99 and highest price was £10.50. With the average being £10.16, Effetto Carogna SM Tape comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Effetto Carogna SM Tape and 2 were cheaper.

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Effetto Carogna SM Tape Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Effetto Carogna SM Tape reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Effetto Carogna SM Tape, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Rim Tape category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 3.8 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Effetto Carogna SM Tape or another similar product, like Stolen Wide BMX Rim Tape reviews or LifeLine Essential Rim Tape reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Rim Tape.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Rim Tape. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Effetto, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Effetto Carogna SM Tape

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Effetto Carogna SM Tape reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Effetto Carogna SM Tape. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.8/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010858033
• Product ID 2: 547604UK
• Brand: Effetto
• Model number: E-EMCHCRSM
• RRP: £12.99
• EAN: 7640164680668
• Description: Effetto Carogna SM TapeEffetto started developing their Carogna (pronounced “car-own-ya”) double sided adhesive tubular tape with a clear and ambitious goal to bridge the gap between previously existing tapes and mastic in terms of gluing performance and heat-resistance, while retaining all the advantages of tapes.In addition to this, they gave specific additional consideration to cyclocross and mountain-bike tubular tyres, where specific features are needed from the gluing standpoint.The “SM” tape is for rims with external width between 21 and 24mm. Features: Extremely easy to use. Very reliable adhesion, in any condition. Once removed, Carogna leaves the rim ready for the next gluing, without additional cleaning. Universal performance: Carogna has been tested and is designed to perform flawlessly on any rim material (aluminium/carbon), with any tubular (seamless, handmade, vulcanised sew-ups‚Ķ), on and off-road. Wide temperature range: Once adhesion is set, the use at low temperatures (down to -40¬∞C) is not a problem. Thermal resistance of all materials used in the manufacture of Carogna was a high priority: Carogna will provide a perfect bonding at 150¬∞C for extended periods (hours), exceeding the heat-resistance of even the best mastics and widely exceeding the heat-resistance of any other tubular tape. Optimised adhesive surface: Adhesion is very strong and uniform across the whole circumference of the rim for all tubulars and it is also uniform across the tubular base tape. One shortcoming of tubular tape to-date has been limited adhesion at the edges of the base tape or in the centre of tubulars with a raised centre seam. Carogna solves these problems. Optimal use: The ideal thermal range for application of Carogna is between 21¬∞C and 38¬∞C, allowing 8 hours to reach 80% of the adhesive strength. Applying the tape below 10¬∞C is not recommended. Effetto recommend cleaning surfaces using iso-propylic alcohol. Buy Effetto Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Rim Tape
• Savings percentage from RRP: 19%
• Size: 21-24mm x 2m
• Unisex
• 2.49
• Adult

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Other options for Rim Tape

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Rim Tape. 24 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Effetto Carogna SM Tape included,
WTB TCS Rim Tape 66m Roll reviews, LifeLine Professional Tubeless Rim Tape 10M reviews, or we really liked the look of Orange Seal Rim Tape reviews as another alternative.