[Greg McKaskle]

The new tape wide and you cut it into strips. It has a strong adhesive backing.
The old ribbon is too narrow and will need to be doubled and has no backing adhesive.

The ribbon used in past years and tape used this year both have the same intended purpose and for the visible light shots I've seen, they are very similar.

The goals take far more material than it may appear, so if you are going to focus on vision tracking, I'd encourage you to order the new stuff when you get a chance, but if you have enough of the old ribbon, it can certainly be used to develop initial code and can be used for exploration and demos. You want to make a portable half-scale target, the old ribbon is a nice size for this.

Greg McKaskle