We’ve all been there, and duct tape can save the day! It’s great to have duct tape on hand to patch a hole or close a gap in my tent. If you happen to accidentally tear your sleeping bag ...

Made of aluminum foil, speed tape is a strong pressured adhesive that can provide airlines with a simple and intermediary fit for minor damage.

But despite our embarrassment about these patches of thickened skin ... small trials of something more outlandish-sounding: duct tape. And in one of them, duct tape clearly outperformed freezing ...