Found a weird way to keep my tape measure from sliding off my belt

Was working on a roof in Denver and got sick of my tape falling every time I bent over. Took a small piece of leftover rubber gasket material and glued it to the inside of my belt clip. Hasn't budged in three weeks. Anyone got a better hack for this?

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leoward1mo ago

Honestly, is a sliding tape measure that big of a deal? You just pick it up. Gluing stuff to your belt seems like a lot of work for a tiny problem. I just shove mine in my pocket if the clip is being annoying. What's the worst that happens, it falls three feet?

claire95822d ago

You're missing the whole point of a belt clip though. It's not about saving three seconds of bending over, it's about having your tool right where you need it every single time. When you're up on a ladder or leaning over a railing, that tape measure sliding off and falling is a real hazard, not just an annoyance. And shoving it in your pocket is fine until you need to grab it five hundred times in a day and your jeans are already stuffed with a pencil, a utility knife, and your phone. The tape wrap trick is a band-aid fix, not a solution. A proper glued-on clip means zero fumbling, zero dropped tools, and zero time wasted hunting for something that should have been on your hip.

allen.william1mo ago

You ever try to pick up a tape measure from a gutter full of wet leaves? My solution was to wrap the clip with a ton of electrical tape until it was basically a sticky brick. Worked great until I needed to move it to a different belt loop.