I have been asked, back-channel, to explain the difference between retro-reflective tape and plain old old fashioned reflective tape. There is a big difference between the two. At its simplest the difference is this: Reflective tape reflects light.in, basically, all directions. Retro-reflective tape reflects l ight back along the same path it took to get to the tape. The result is that more light gets reflected back to the source and less gets scattered into nowwhere. Here is a Wikiepedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroreflector Google for retro reflective tape for sources to buy it. It's great to put on paddle blades to make you more visible to the dru.... er, I mean powerboaters. :P Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 16 2009 - 12:49:36 PDT
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