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Legit 3M command hooks are the shit. 3M products seem to be like that. Yeah, more expensive, but always worth it. Nice to see a company stay focused on quality vs. last quarter's spreadsheets.
I think it's more likely that the consistent quality is a side bonus from most of 3M's customers being other corporations, not individual consumers
If 3M only sold painter's tape to the public, most of the public will buy it whether it's crap or not because most of the public only needs to put up with painter's tape occasionally
However if a large commercial real estate company who goes through palettes of painters tape suddenly has to start ordering 1.5x as many palettes because some of the tape is defective, they'll threaten 3M with cancelling a multi-million-dollar contract that will hurt 3M's quarterly spreadsheets.
That is until inevitably someone at 3M gets the idea to start producing a cheaper "consumer grade" painters tape and then everyone who doesn't have a relative in building maintenance who can swipe a pro grade roll for you is SOL
But they haven't and they're a mature company, could have done that at any point. I think that backs my point that they're focused on quality vs. quarters.
I know everyone here is rightfully cynical of corporate America, but 3M seems to get it, be in for the long haul. I've seen plenty of other brands go cheap over the decades. Black & Decker anyone? Craftsman?
OTOH, some brands stick to their guns. Victorinox and Zippo come to mind.
Dude, 3M Extreme Mounting Tape is the stuff. I bought a portable CarPlay unit for my work vehicle, and I mounted it on the dash with the included mounting tape. It didn't stay up there a day before it was falling off anytime I hit a bump. I went to Lowe's and got some Extreme Mounting Tape and put it on, and it doesn't move. AT ALL. The one time I had to take it off, I thought I was gonna pull parts of the dash off with the tape! I live in the south, and not even the summer heat affects it.
South here as well. 3M's outdoor, double-sticky tape is wild. Hot? Humid? DGAF, it'll not only stick and hold real weight, it'll come off easily enough without nasty residue.
No idea how their company works, and their chemists must be the bomb, but they obviously have a tradition of pride in their products. So wish we could get back to that in America. (I'll punt for Gorilla products though! Solid glues and tapes for many purposes.)
When I was a kid, dad had total disdain for "cheap" products. People would talk, compare notes. Everyone knew what products were solid and which weren't, wasn't a price tag thing. Everyone knew KitchenAid, Tupperware and Corning made solid shit. And now look where those companies are. :(