Come frame with us in the rain in Oregon. Even the best tapes don’t last more than 4 months. Even trying to wipe them dry of wet and sawdust everyday and give them a full pullout and rinse off weekly.

Eventually you just choose a brand where you only need to buy 3 a year and you like everything else about it. And since they nearly always break in the first foot, nobody takes my 35’ out of the trailer unless laying out a room over 25’. Milwaukees have had the best feel for me, but every now and then I’ll try some brands new “advanced coating” to see if I can get a tape to last all winter.