Gear Aid Tenacious Tape vs Therm-a-Rest Permanent Home Repair Kit

Weight and specs compared for 2026 — and which one to choose.

Gear Aid Tenacious Tape is the lighter option — 5 g lighter than the Therm-a-Rest Permanent Home Repair Kit (13% less weight). If grams matter to you, that is the one to beat.

Spec	Gear Aid Tenacious Tape	Therm-a-Rest Permanent Home Repair Kit
Weight	35 g · 0.035 kg · 0.08 lb	40 g · 0.040 kg · 0.09 lb
Brand	Gear Aid	Therm-a-Rest
Category	Repair Kit	Repair Kit

Gear Aid Tenacious Tape

35 g

Flexible repair tape for tents, jackets and sleeping pads.

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Therm-a-Rest Permanent Home Repair Kit

40 g

Patch kit for inflatable sleeping pads. Includes adhesive.

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Gear Aid Tenacious Tape vs Therm-a-Rest Permanent Home Repair Kit: which should you buy?

If saving weight is your priority, the Gear Aid Tenacious Tape wins — at 35 g it is 5 g (13%) lighter than the Therm-a-Rest Permanent Home Repair Kit (40 g). That said, the heavier option may justify the extra grams with more capacity, durability or comfort, so weigh the trade-off against how you'll use it.

See where both rank against everything else in this category on the lightest repair kit page, or browse the full gear weight database.

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