This auction is for 1 Ampex 1" reel - The tape on the reel may be good or it may be sticky. You are bidding for the reel and it will be icing on the cake if the tape is good. I have not had a 1" deck in about 5 years so there is no way to test these reels. I will sell them as I pull them off the stack. A few have date codes from batches that were not sticky but who knows. Again, you are buying the reel and whatever tape comes on it.