Extolling the virtues of velcro...

There's no doubt that insulation tape (US - electrical tape) has a special place in the heart of every patch clamper. It has long been employed, beyond the call of duty, to stick just about anything to everything else within a patch clamper's rig. If one needs to fix one thing to another, and neither comes with bolts, the chances are that a bit of the magic black tape will see you right. Either that, or plasticine. Let's not forget plasticine.

Anyway, insulation tape can now be relegated to doing what, in fairness, it was invented to do; i.e. insulating electrical things. For general sticking of things together, Sticky-back Velcro is where it's at these days. Strong, tidy and versatile, it has the added benefit of allowing things to be unstuck without leaving an impossibly stubborn residue that not even acetone apparently seems to shift.

Buy it today. For the good of science.