"Back in the day" we had luminous tape that really glowed in the dark. It would shine like a beckon at dusk and still have a good glow when daylight came.
Due to all the good people that decided we needed protection from our wrist watches, compasses and other devices the glowing characteristics of many items weakened to the point of uselessness from the 1980's onward.
I am glad to say the good folks from the Duck Tape company seem to have overcome the hurtles and are now producing a glow-in-the-dark tape that works as well as the old time stuff.
What would one use it for???
I put it on things I want to reach out and grab in the dark, like the flashlight. In the Army we would put a strip on the back of our hats to keep the guy in front of us in sight during night movements, so I suppose it would be good for keeping track of the kids while they played kick the can or chased lightening bugs. Or you could put a big swatch of it on the zipper pulls of the tent for easier nighttime exits while camping.
On a more devious note, I like to put a strip of it down the top of my shotgun barrels or down the top of the slide on my "bump in the night" firearms. They eliminate the disorientation one gets when trying to fix on a target in the dark when sights are simply not visible and the expensive three dot luminous sights you bought simply turn into a tiny glowing blur.
You line up the luminous tape strip on the general target area and when you draw down on the target the glowing tape disappears, and only the glow remains.
It changes night shooting completely.
