Are duct tape, zip ties and WD40 in everybodys toolkit?
Are duct tape, zip ties and WD40 in everybody’s toolkit! Should they be?
If you are in the western world then you’re probably ok when you have gotten out of your situation and are comfortably sitting at home!
WD40, only use it when and where need if you think you may need it the future, in the last two years out of the US I have seen it a total 3 times and a small can was $15-20!
A good option to buy is Gorilla tape in a 1-inch roll, smaller pack size, good glue, and strong tape. The normal large rolls take up too much space for the rare times you’ll need it.
or use the wide tape and take it from the roll and wrap it around a small pencil or similar to reduce the size and you can have it in your tank bag.
Zip ties, they can get you out of so many bad situations, have amazing strength to weight ratio…but only the good ones.
There are two basic types of zip ties good high quality and the rest.
A great brand are T&B/ Ty-Rap, they have a stainless steel insert in the head and better quality polyamide and are manufactured to military spec. They cost a little more but when you need them stranded with a broken subframe in the Atacama Desert you’ll be glad you spend a couple of extra dollars.