Fletch tape works great. I haven't glued a feather onto an arrow since I discovered this stuff several years ago. I put a drop of glue on each end of each feather once I've got 'em fletched for insurance. I've found arrows I've lost that have been out in the hot Texas sun, rain, cold and snow for months and, even though the quills were all gone from the feathers, the bases were still snug.

The feathers will stay stuck until you decide to peel them off. The only scraping that you have to do is the spots of glue at each end of the feather. Depending on your manual dexterity, it's really easy stuff to work with and, with some practice, you can fletch up a dozen arrows in about a half hour. Or a full hour if you don't feel all that industrious.

No disadvantage to glueing feathers, at all. Except it's slower than using the tape. And exceptfor having to scrape all that glue when it's time to refletch. Some guys definitely do still prefer using glue to using tape though.