One additional tip: round the corners before applying Leukotape. This lessons the chance of it catching on your sock and peeling at the edges.

I have a friend while hiking the Wonderland Trail used Leukotape and Vaseline (which creates a barrier between the sock and the tape).

Necessity is the mother of invention. Like your tip on the the wax paper! The advantage leukotape has over bandaids or moleskin is the superior adhesive that is on the other side of the cotton tape. Concerning the adhesive with moleskin, they do tell you to rub the adhesive side with your fingers until it gets warm, then apply. Supposedly this serves to activate the adhesive better. However, I have not tried this, so cannot comment. With adding a softening material (author here elected to use toilet paper), bandaids are no longer necessary. I might add that a nonstick soft material could serve better than toilet paper, but that is just something else you have to carry. Moleskin: Does it have a purpose? It is designed not to cover, but to surround. That is why it is thicker than leukotape. You use one to several layers to build up a "castle wall", like a donut, around the blister or serious hot spot. Therefore, the blister never makes contact or friction. The only question is the adhesive. Will rubbing it activate it enough to keep it in place? I don't know. If not, I suppose one can surround the moleskin with leukotape. The theory behind moleskin is superior. I suppose one can use leukotape in a similar fashion as moleskin, but you will need twice the amount of tape because leukotape is half the thickness. I am going to put it and leukotape to the test on our upcoming rim to rim to rim Grand Canyon trek. I know myself and one other person that is going develops hot spots and blisters (despite great shoes and socks) after so many footfalls (17 miles it seems for us, and that is flat ground). Having that knowledge ahead of time will in theory help us prevent or at least deal with the hot spot or blister. We know ahead of time where it will happen because we have put in the miles ahead of time. We all have a final 30 mile flat ground walk to test this out, but the ultimate test will be the actual trek. Will let you know. Thanks for informative video.

Thank you so much! It’s my first fire season and the blisters are real!

I love the wax paper and gauze suggestions! So awesome!

Excellent video it’s really informative, I’ve been running multiple miles trying to prepare for BCT and got a mean blister. This will help a lot I definitely got recommend this to anyone going into the military with all the long runs & ruck marching.

Thank you. You made more sense than some of the doctors on this site.

I have tried sooo many different tapes for feet application, because I want to do thru-florida. Moleskin, KT tape, Leukotape, different Band-aid, Nexcare, etc. Leukotape is the ONLY one that can stay put and didn't bump up under my feet, no matter how wet my skin became. The downside of Leukotape is the adhesive can penetrate to the other side of the tape, and adhered to socks. Bit of annoying, but acceptable.

think im gonna buy a roll of these off amazon, its less then $15 USD, and it seems like heaven! I have semi deformed toes, and broken my feet, toes, ankles all that many times from extreme sports. well got heavily into climbing awhile back, and the hikes was killing my feet, and I realized that I legit had to mole skin my entire first three toes on each foot because the way the toes sit on one another, and over lap cause massive blisters. I am gonna try this now, cause im gonna be getting back into climbing again soon , and hiking alot more, and gonna need something. those rolls legit, are very long, and seem like they will work great thank you for the video!

What a great share! Thanks for the wisdom!

Thanks for the tip!! It is that time of year when we Coloradans spend every minute outside! This was just the trick I needed after too many hours in the Rockies today! Again, big thanks!!

I prefer Moleskin to Leuko tape but do add strapping tape on top so stays put for a few days - I add it on long hikes from the start on my heals as believe prevention is better than getting a blister

How could anybody get the thumbs down on this one , this is definitely a game change in video With the toilet paper that makes a lot of sense

Very good review. I have been looking for a good tape for blisters and this looks ideal. Thanks Steve.

Great hometown advice! I'm from RVA but live out west now! What a find!

Headed to the Sierras with some training blisters. Super helpful! Thanks!

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Got a blister from walking too much at big toe thank you sooo much for helping 😄

Very cool tip, I definitely take this into consideration as I'll be going on my first thru hike in two weeks! I'm super excited about it!!!! Thanks again for subbing! 👍

I'm assuming, with all the VA-hike info, that you're a Virginian yourself. Well-fellow Virginian here (Alexandria/Mt. Vernon, area, but now living in Seoul, ROK)! Found your video only today. Great advice. Am doing my third hike across South Korea, and instead of taking the whole dang roll of Leukotape, I'll be using your hack. Thanks so much!

Best Lucille tape video I've seen yet . wax paper . fantastic and cheep.

Great video! I'm grabbing the wax paper now. :-)

just buy a pack of sticker paper. remover the sticker material and transfer some leukotape to the sticker backing. I just had some blisters on my last hiking trip. thanks for confirming my solution!

Awesome tip. Great video.

Leukotape is just a brand name of Kinesiology tape. You can pick up many other brands or store brand Kinesiology tape in any drug store or Walmart with the paper backing already on it and in 16 foot rolls pre-perfed every 12 inches for about half the price of Leukotape. When you cut it to cover hot spots on your feet you should round the corners, it prevents lifting and coming loose or bunching. Same with the Moleskin. Make sure your feet are completely dry. Coat your feet with a good dry antiperspirant like Degree before you put your socks and shoes back on it cuts down on friction. Change your socks often and let them dry hanging on your pack keeping spares. We use both Mole skin and Kinesiology tape in the military in our med kits to take care of our feet.

Neat hack... thanks... and I have a mess of gauze my MD gave me after I had a bike accident.

Nice video but the moleskin is used by cutting out a circle where the blister would be. So the idea is to cushin around the blister but do not have the moleskin over top of the blister. :-)

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This was brilliant.

Small bubble bubble wrap! I bring about a sq foot of small bubble bubble wrap, scisors & leukotape. If I'm getting a hotspot I put leukotape P on the hot spot. If I have a blister I wrap just enough bubble wrap & then hold it in place with leukotape P. Game changer!

Great ideas. Thanks.

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Brilliant!

Thanks for the tips.

I'm curious to know if the wax sticks to the leukotape's adhesive when it gets hot/melty?

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best to prevent blister is still Duck tape , cheap and so effective...

Quick question, why you didn't put it in to a pole? Because it loosen the glue when you pille again?

leukotape k and p is different. p one advertise strength, k advertise comfort, mobility etc with reliable adhesion. have you tried the K one? i cant seem to find p one in my country.

I was wondering if you could do a video on what is the best hiking shoes?

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I wonder how parchment paper would work. I’d be concerned about wax coming off and making the tape less adhesive.

So you’re suppose to apply this over a blister? How r you suppose to take it off without peeling the blister then?

can always wrap it around a pen.

Are Band-Aid brand cloth bandages Leuko tape with a gauze pad?

would parchment paper work??

Sticks to my wax paper and won’t release :(

what about sportstape?

Where do you find those?

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