3MCoban Self-Adherent Wrap - 4" x 5 Yards -

Easy to use for rapping finger, wrist elbow shoulder, good for muscle injury, lymphatic issues, or keeping gauze on an injury in place. Use a little for mobility, or more for less mobility.

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It worked fine given the cost. I got the impression that I could reuse it easily and I could a couple of times but then it would not adhere to itself very well so I needed to put the loose end under the last wrap to get it to hold. I had to replace it a few times. But over all it was a good purchase for my needs.

Have used it for years. Accept no substitutes!

Good quality. Would order again.

After multiple injuries, I now buy this in bulk because this has been the most effective way to secure bandages on arms and legs. The 5" Coban also works well as a support; I have used it instead of a knee brace and also for a forearm strain. Also, I have used this to keep prescription pain patches in place for knee injuries and strains, and it is comfortable to wear for 12 hours. The 5" Coban works best for larger areas and/or at joints; I had tried using 2-3" Coban by my knee, but bending my knee caused it to bunch up and tighten in an uncomfortable way.The 5" Coban worked well when I had large abrasions at the knee after a fall; I used a hydrogel wound pad and kept it in place with Coban. This was much better than tapes, most of which I'm allergic to, plus some tapes leave sticky residue and/or damage skin. The Coban is not irritating and does not damage the underlying skin. You just have to be careful to wrap with the appropriate tension, as with an Ace bandage or other wrap; otherwise, you can cut off circulation.

Maybe my less-than-stellar experience with this product is my own fault for not knowing enough about it, but I thought it would be worth sharing anyway so others can make a more informed decision before buying:This is the type of bandage sometimes used to tightly wrap your arm after a blood draw, but wider. It’s a thin, wrinkly material that feels like a rubber/fabric hybrid and is designed to adhere to itself without adhesives or clips. I thought the material would work well for the purpose I intended, which was to secure dressings on a relatively large area of skin, but this was not really the case.This 4” bandage seems to behave differently than its narrower counterparts that are used to wrap smaller areas. When the material is stretched during wrapping or the body part that’s wrapped in it moves, the edges curl in on themselves and bunch up, forming hard lines that dig into the skin and make it uncomfortable to wear. It’s all but impossible to uncurl the edges completely after this happens — or at least it’s a massive hassle. Yet, despite how enthusiastically the material adheres to itself while it’s originally on the roll or when the edges roll up, it does not adhere to other layers of itself during wrapping nearly as easily or as well as I thought it would. No matter how much tension I used during wrapping or how much I patted it down, it often refused to stay wrapped, so I had to tuck in the ends, causing more curling and bunching. I found all of this odd considering the number of times I’ve worn bandages made from this type of material in the past, and the only way I can explain it is that the material behaves differently depending on how much of it there is to work with, and the shape and mobility of the area being wrapped. It isn’t going to work well on areas that move around a lot, like joints, because it will form creases when a joint is flexed and will not return to its original shape afterwards.In addition, the rough texture of the material really irritated my skin after a while, even though I don’t have very sensitive skin or any allergies. It didn’t seem like an allergic reaction, so I think it was simply from the wrinkles of the material digging into the skin or chafing it. Maybe there’s a reason the phlebotomist tells you to take it off after twenty minutes besides restoring circulation to your arm.In other words, this seems like a poor substitute for cloth elastic bandages and/or tape in terms of comfort and ease of use, especially on larger areas or joints, or for more than a few hours. It also is probably supposed to be disposable, so it is not very durable. Don’t expect to reuse it many times, if at all. If you need to keep an area bandaged for several days or more, it is likely to become uncomfortable, and the replacement costs would not be worth it compared to using something else.

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