The strongest tape ever made is hands down gorilla tape.
The tape is so sturdy it can be applied to hold make-shift dance floors together, varnished over and danced on, fought on, and generally abused. Gorilla Tape will not give in.
If you need to duct tape insulation on a pipe long term, the wisest thing to be done is to use gorilla tape.
Gorilla tape is great to throw in the truck to have and use during camping trips to tape up broken gear. I use it in my business to steady rain barrel spigot handles so that they do not get broken when they are shipped all over the United States.
The grip on this gorilla tape is amazing. One cannot appreciate the difference between ordinary duct tape, and gorilla tape until you use it to secure something in a pinch.
Each roll contains thirty-five yards of security. The gorilla tape is two inches wide generally.
If you feel the sticky adhesive side of the tape; you’ll feel the grip of the flat tape start to adhere to your finger prints. Duct tape does not do this. Duct tape is great and works well but gorilla tape is way more secure.
The difference between scotch tape and duck tape; is just about equidistant between the effectiveness of duck tape and gorilla tape.