Duct Tape Made Even Better?

No self respecting "home handyman" does not have duct tape in his tool box. Today, it not only comes in "battleship" gray, but a variety of colors that your wife is a lot less likely to complain about if the duct tape patching the garden house at least matches the hose color. It doesn't get any better for all of us "home repair warriors" than to be able to color coordinate our handiwork to better hide what we are either too lazy to repair correctly, or lack the knowledge to repair the right way and don't want to admit it.

While I didn't think it possible that anything could top the invention of color coordinated duct tape, along comes the 3M company to prove me wrong by bringing a transparent, stronger than ever version to the market that is said to be up to six times longer than classic versions of duct tape.

I haven't actually owned a roll long enough to verify just how long the tape will actually last, nor after thinking about am able to really calculate a normal amount of time that a repair duct tape has been used for should last to estimate six times longer, but I don't care, I now have a clear version to experiment with, and it works!

For starters, this version seems to be stickier, but easier to cut, maneuver and work with. I used it for a garden hose leak and I'm sure you know from experience if you have patched a hose leak with duct tape that that first "wrap" is critical to the repair because it must be tight and firm against the hose to prevent leakage.