Thanks for the info. In this case, the quality counts for much more than
the savings!

Jim

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 2:10 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> I originally bought Rescue Tape at Home Depot.  Some story when I went
> back.  Thinner, less sturdy, poor adhesive on another brand.  I got my last
> rolls from Amazon.com.  I think you can buy from the distributor directly
> on their web page, also.  No savings on Amazon, either, or not much.
>  mcneely
>
> ---- Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > Speaking of declining product quality... I did some amazing (but not like
> > yours!) repairs with rescue tape and I finally ran out of the two rolls I
> > bought at Harbor Freight. I went back to Harbor Freight for some more,
> and
> > this time they had replaced the original product with their own brand.
> That
> > stuff would not fix anything. It was no better than electrical tape with
> no
> > adhesive.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >    I just realized that I fixed a hose in my inline VW powered van
> almost
> > > 4yrs ago, using that silicone tape called various names...   This is a
> > > strange little hose that is larger on one end and has an S-bend, coming
> > > right off the head and leading to the heater circuit, I think...  Soon
> > > after my roadside repair I got another hose and I carry that around
> with me
> > > in my Spares Kit, but given how inferior some things are being made
> now, I
> > > decided..."heck, let's just see how long this tape will last rather
> than
> > > putting on a "new" hose of questionable origin...
> > >
> > >    I think I've been about 60k miles on the rescue tape hose, through
> Death
> > > Valley in summer, over the High Sierras numerous times, hauled lots of
> > > stuff around, etc.  Whenever I am under there, I gaze at the repair
> and it
> > > still looks perfectly good...though quite grimey now....One day it may
> let
> > > loose and I'll have to install the spare, perhaps...but in the mean
> > > time...that tape seems to be a pretty good product..
> > >
>
> --
> David McNeely
>