This Is the Strongest Tape You Will Ever Use—It Can Do It All
A couple of weeks back, I had the pleasure of talking to Brian Shaw for the better part of an hour. In case his name does not immediately ring a bell, Shaw is the four-time winner of the official World’s Strongest Man competition. He has won more than 25 international strongman competitions overall and, long story short here, let’s just leave it at this: he’s a very strong and highly accomplished human being.
So, when I found out that Shaw and I had some things in common, it was quite heartening. That common ground? Aside from sharing the same birth year, he and I also lack the ability to tear T-Rex Tape. That’s right, during the course of our conversation, Brian Shaw and I talked about the tape. He had tested the stuff out and, along with not being able to tear the tape crosswise (lengthwise, it rips apart into clean, precise strips), he had also used the tape to pull a firetruck. Because, of course.
My experience with T-Rex Tape, which is called T-Rex Ferociously Strong Tape, for the record, is decidedly less colorful than pulling a fire truck, which weighs on average some 50,000 pounds, but it has been perhaps more relatable. I’ve been using the stuff as my go-to tape around the house for the better part of two years now, and in that time, I have used it to: