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In response to the March Call for DIY owner reviews, please find below my OR for Tenacious Tape. RegardsMarina Batzkehttp://tinyurl.com/nfny2d9 http://www.backpackgeartest.org/reviews/test/OWNER%20REVIEWS/OR%20-%20Tenacious%20Tape%20-%20Marina%20Batzke/
TENACIOUS TAPE
BY MARINA BATZKE
OR
March 29, 2015
TESTER INFORMATION
NAME: Marina Batzke
EMAIL: mbbp2013 (at) hotmail (dot) com
AGE: 55
LOCATION: Los Angeles County, California, USA
GENDER: F
HEIGHT: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
WEIGHT: 130 lb (59.00 kg)
I converted from day hiking and car camping to backpacking in spring 2013. Since then, I have selectively purchased new, more lightweight gear, while I still carry some heavier gear from my car camping trips. I always hike with a group and I like the gear talk when in camp. I am a tent camper looking for ways to lighten my pack. My backpacking trips are currently weekend excursions in Southern California, USA. If my business travel allows me to get away, I try to backpack one or two weekends a month.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Manufacturer: McNett
Year of Purchase: 2014
Manufacturer's Website: <<HYPERLINK GOES HERE - "http://www.mcnett.com">>
MSRP: US$4.95 for one Roll 20 in long x 3 in wide (50 cm x 7.5 cm)
Measured Weight of Tape Roll inside Plastic Tube: 0.71 oz (20 g)
Other details:
available in clear, black and a range of popular colors
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REVIEW
Tenacious Tape is an ultra strong tape, ideal to repair rips, tears, holes and gashes in a wide variety of outdoor gear. The roll of clear tape (0.75 in = 2 cm diameter) that I bought is protected inside a blue plastic tube (1.1 in = 2.8 cm diameter). The tape's adhesive backing is protected by a black liner paper imprinted with the GEAR AID logo and the Tenacious Tape wording.I have used Tenacious Tape to repair two tears in the coated ripstop nylon of my tent.
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And I have used Tenacious Tape to seal rips on the inside foot area hems of my hiking pants that keep getting torn by my hiking boots hitting the seams. I had first tried to sew a patch over these sensitive fabric areas but then the patches ripped. The Tenacious Tape has held up pretty well.
<<IMAGE GOES HERE. ALT TEXT = "IMAGE 5" IMAGE CAPTION = "Hiking pant hem repaired">>First, I used a moist microfiber cloth to wipe clean the fabric surface that I wanted to apply the Tenacious Tape to. While the surface dried, I measured the area I wanted to cover with the tape. Using scissors, I cut the Tenacious Tape square. I then rounded the tape corners. Now I removed the paper liner and avoided touching the adhesive backing with my fingers. I applied the tape to the damaged area and applied pressure with a fingernail from the center out. This pressuring motion squeezed out any air bubbles and made sure the tape had full surface contact. It worked very well.
THINGS I LIKE
Light weight tape roll inside handy tube
Easy to use
Strong adhesive properties
The clear tape is virtually invisible
THINGS I DON'T LIKE
Nothing really
SIGNATURE
Marina Batzke
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