The results of my semi-scientific and totally subjective test.
First I checked for side to side stiffness with a recently calibrated index finger
Best - hot glue
Tied in the middle - foam cure, gorilla, foam safe medium CA
Worst - beacon
Next I pulled them out of the foam board. Fingers flat on the FB, 1/2" each side of the stick and 14" away from the edge of the table (with a right torn rotator cuff).
Beacon pulled out easily
Gorilla clear and foam safe CA both put up some resistance and pulled up some foam
Foam Cure put up a little more resistance and tore the paper
Hot Glue bowed the foam board and I had to move it closer to me to pull it out.
Sorry
@Monte.C, but the clear winner in this test was hot glue.
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Note: No animals, glues, snowflakes or Karens were harmed in the conducting of these tests. Conclusions are purely subjective, your results may differ.