A mom introduced a way to keep kids busy during flights—and it involves tape. | Images By Tang Ming Tung/GettyImages In most cases, painter’s tape is used to protect certain areas from stains ...

More details here. After dropping, extending, and scrubbing the blades of over 20 different tape measures with 60-grit sandpaper, we found that the best one is the classic 25-foot Stanley ...

That’s because the tape is both robust and flexible; can be stored in a small container when retracted; and can reach far when extended. After a series of trial-and-error experiments, the engineers ...