Can Flex Tape Stop A Wrecking Ball from 45m?

Flex yeah! This is INCREDIBLE!! 💪🔛

It's good to know that if I ever want to protect a $50 table, I just need $5000 of flex tape.

Also have to remember that the flex tape is being weakened with each hit. There are lots of things that are strong on first impact but weaker on subsequent impacts. Car seatbelts for example are supposed to be replaced after a serious accident as the stress on the belts by that first accident can weaken the belt. That goes to show that the Flex tape performs even better than shown in the video.

you should loop the flex tape around the frame so its not just relying on the glue. I would love to see Bruce up against that

I loved how Gaunson accidentally actually explained the bubbles in the ice. H2O when in liquid form holds a certain amount of air dissolved in it. Ice can also hold some dissolved air but not nearly as much as when in liquid form. So as the liquid turns to ice, some of the air is expelled and trapped. The outer sections are clear because it is the purest ice. All of the air and other impurities are pushed inwards. So the bubbles are basically not trying to escape the bar. They were kicked out.

I think the fact that it took this many CONSECUTIVE blows from increasing weight of objects is what makes it REALLY impressive.

It's dissolved air. Ice freezes from the outside in, forcing the air towards the centre. The air doesn't freeze, so it's forced out of the water, leaving bubble like voids.

It's incredible how much joy I get watching these guys drop things from high places in unique ways. :)

I'm so glad that you guys have returned to the tower, probably the most iconic location from the history of the How Ridiculous YouTube channel

I love how flex tape not only recognizes the memes, but embrace the memes. 11/10 company

12:07 is where wrecking ball drops

Lol! I love how the watermelon made Rexy's leg kick to the side like he was dancing.

Don't get me wrong I love how creative their content has become but having the boys back at the tower just hits different

Water and dye have different freezing-points, water freezes first. The bucket freezes from the outside inwards, freezing the water first around the edges and then eventually the dye last, in the middle. Same goes for trapped air, the water freezes on the outside, pushing air in towards the center. What I can't explain is the "shooting air bubbles". Looks really cool anyhow!

I'd like to see them drop some unreasonable force of destruction akin to the giant axe blade onto freshly applied, totally wrapped Flex Tape COATED with layers of Flex Seal. The unstoppable force vs the immovable object.

I have a piece of advice, when you throw things from a height, the support should be fixed on a solid area such as wood or concrete so that it stops moving and the ground cushions the impact

What we see in the ice block is actually a defense mechanism from the food coloring. Similar to porcupines, when food coloring (specifically of the red variety) feels threatened, it sends out protruding spines to ward off the danger. In this case the danger was the cold temperatures if the freezing water. Unfortunately this specimen was unable to fend off the ice, becoming entrapped and leaving us this incredible visual of the battle.

5:20 I'll take that challenge. When liquids freeze, they form crystals and typically these are well organized. But if they freeze quickly, they don't organize as well as they could if this was done slowly (slowly reducing the temperature). I believe what's happening is that the dye isn't soluble in water at low temperatures, so the dye and the water separated (think oil and water), forming what look like bubbles. Due to the size of the sample, the inside cooled more slowly, forming a semi-regular looking structure that the dye can help us visualize. It could also be gas bubbles that got frozen into the ice block, as cold gases are more soluble in water than warm ones.

12:17 my absolute favorite reaction from Herron

Flex Seal got so many free commercials out of this video! You hit 4 items in and I was truly impressed.