EDC Duct Tape

I keep a few feet wrapped around one of these:

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You can get them free at some hardware stores and thy work as a bottle opener and mini pry bar. I'll try to get a pic of mine later.
 
Katdaddy said:
Pure genius!!!
I will be stealing this idea.
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You are more than welcome to it, I stole it from somewhere but I don't remember where!

powernoodle said:
Ok, how are you guys using duct tape in an EDC environment? I love Gorilla tape and carry a roll in the Powernoodle mobile command vehicle, but it never gets used. I like the idea of carrying it, though, if I can make use of it.
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The last time I used mine my daughter blew out a flip flop! I have also used my duct tape recently due too a little careless knife handling on my part!
 
powernoodle said:
Ok, how are you guys using duct tape in an EDC environment? I love Gorilla tape and carry a roll in the Powernoodle mobile command vehicle, but it never gets used. I like the idea of carrying it, though, if I can make use of it.
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I'm a photographer - I couldn't live without the stuff - its like the force, has a light side, a dark side and holds the universe together

I use it for holding gels to flashes (a gel is accurately coloured cellophane)
Holding flashes in weird locations
As a bandaid if I need one.
For repairing general stuff
Holding bumpers on friend's drift cars.
Routing cable temporarily
Holding backdrops and cables down so they aren't a trip hazard
Ensuring suction caps don't move if they come loose (holding a Gopro to a car, helmet, waterski etc)
Ensuring lens hoods don't come loose when flying in a Helicopter
Ensuring the seatbelt release isn't accidentally released in the chopper (I have a method that makes it safe, but easy to release in an emergency)
Ensuring AF and IS switches aren't bumped on my lenses
I even used it to hold the alternator bracket together in my car (used cable ties too)
You can tell when I have wrapped a present, it is taped with Gaffa tape.


I have rolls of the stuff everywhere - a big roll in my camera bag, small rolls in my laptop bag, edc bag and car.
I have some rolled around a bit of paracord like a previous poster displayed.
There is 2"x5" strips on my lens hoods
It's rolled around one of the legs of my tripod (about 6ft worth)
I even got a sticker backing sheet (the bit you throw away when you apply a sticker) and put 2x approx 8" strips on it, then cut the sheet down, folded it and it rides in the back of my wallet.


I prefer the Nashua 357 tape - its a bit pricey here and you need to find a stage/theatre/photographic store to get it but much much better than the cheap junk you get at hardware stores
 
I took an old gift card that was run out of money and wrapped a couple feet around it. It fits right in my wallet perfect and you never know it's there until you need it.
 
powernoodle said:
Ok, how are you guys using duct tape in an EDC environment? I love Gorilla tape and carry a roll in the Powernoodle mobile command vehicle, but it never gets used. I like the idea of carrying it, though, if I can make use of it.
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I carry around a whole role in my large gym bag. The most frequent uses are: lint, hair etc off my work pants--you stick the two ends together in a big loop sticky side out and roll it over your clothes; taping the velcro on my mma gloves so it doesnt scratch people when rolling; and shoring up cuts and burns from bleeding on people when rolling on the mat. Usually over a band aid but sometimes not. A band aid just wont stand up to the stress. When i shattered my collarbone two weeks ago we used it to improvise a sling to get me to the ER. That was frackin useless but hilarious and would have been helpful had i been further from civilization. Also use it a lot when traveling via car to secure stuff thats rattling around and driving me nuts. Mostly styrophome coolers but skiis boots etc. Also used in once on a windshield wiper that kept rattling around a high speed on a trip. I'm kinda OCD about those kinda things.
 
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I have a few feet wrapped around a small paracord loop on my keychain. I also sometimes EDC a giftcard with duct tape + electric tape (both fit if you wrap side by side on the long side). Both ways are very handy - many people are surprised and grateful you have it, but its not too easy to actually pull off a length. Ive used it 3 times in 3 weeks - to fix a volleyball net, a makeshift band-aid that won't fall off, and a quick hole patch on a tarp
 
I suspect that I am going to start looking for ways to use duct tape, like I now look for things to spray with WD- 40.
 
powernoodle said:
I suspect that I am going to start looking for ways to use duct tape, like I now look for things to spray with WD- 40.
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Yep, you probably will

I am friends with a large number of rally people (driving cars through forests sideways type rally, not holding signs and chanting type rally)

Their motto seems to be "if you can't fix it with Gaffa tape, cable ties and a hammer, it's an electrical problem"
 
emperorwang said:
Hi all. I'm wanting to add duct tape to my EDC. I was wondering how many of you guys EDC duct tape and how you do it. I've seen some of the more common methods such as flattening a roll or winding a small amount around a bit of dowel rod, etc. I was wondering if any of y'all had any of your own creative, space-efficient solutions for the EDC of duct tape. Cheers!
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I have a few different tool kits I use for work. The largest holds a roll, but I noticed that people seem to steal my electrical and duct tape quite often. So what I started doing is rolling about 5' around carpenter's pencil, and it sits in the bottom of my toolbag, out of sight.

In my car, I wrap around 5-6' around an expired gift card. Those junk mail credit card offers that have the fake credit card work too. I have a couple in the the glove box and in the center console.

I also do this with 3M Super 88 electrical tape. Keep a few in a EDC kit, tool bags, and auto. I have cheaper tape in my tool bag for the grifter contractors around work sites. At $7/roll I'd rather keep the good stuff for my work.
 
+1 for credit card wrappage.

I've been edcing it in my wallet for about a year now and can't imagine why I didn't carry duct tape with me sooner. So useful.

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Morkte said:
I roll it round a credit card and put it in my back pocket. I use it all the time, and I will edc it for the rest of my life.
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Doesnt that make the credit card a little ungainly at the cash register?
Nyuknyuknyuk!:D
 
MrApple said:
I love the 1" Gorilla tape roll. It doesn't take that much space or weigh all that much and is still immensely useful. The Gorilla brand does seem to be just a bit stronger than Duck tape brand and doesn't come in all those annoying colors or patterns like this.
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Aye, Gorilla Tape is about as good as it gets. The only brands that can even try to come close are Nashua and Surtape. The expensive stuff they sell can be pretty tough, for around the same price as Gorilla tape. (11+ mils thick = good tape. Nashua has one that's 14, I think.)


I've always got a full roll of the stuff in my bag at work, but for those times when a bag is in the way I typically go the route of the credit card wrap.


Edit: I got inspired by the paracord idea... And I added a buckle.

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That attaches to the other half of the buckle on my keychain lanyard.
 
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Grease said:
Aye, Gorilla Tape is about as good as it gets. The only brands that can even try to come close are Nashua and Surtape. The expensive stuff they sell can be pretty tough, for around the same price as Gorilla tape. (11+ mils thick = good tape. Nashua has one that's 14, I think.)


I've always got a full roll of the stuff in my bag at work, but for those times when a bag is in the way I typically go the route of the credit card wrap.


Edit: I got inspired by the paracord idea... And I added a buckle.

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That attaches to the other half of the buckle on my keychain lanyard.
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That is pure genius! I am stealing this one!
 
If you go for the electrical tape... Put it on the buckle end. Mine started sliding off, since it was on the lower side :p

Sticking it above the duct tape should keep it in place, I think.
 
Grease said:
Aye, Gorilla Tape is about as good as it gets. The only brands that can even try to come close are Nashua and Surtape. The expensive stuff they sell can be pretty tough, for around the same price as Gorilla tape. (11+ mils thick = good tape. Nashua has one that's 14, I think.)


I've always got a full roll of the stuff in my bag at work, but for those times when a bag is in the way I typically go the route of the credit card wrap.


Edit: I got inspired by the paracord idea... And I added a buckle.

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That attaches to the other half of the buckle on my keychain lanyard.
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Awesome! :thumbup:
 
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