Video Transcript for Foam Grip Wrap for Lend-a-Hand Grab Handles for RVs Spec Review

What's up, everybody, it's AJ with etrailer.com. Today we're be checking out this Foam Grip Wrap from Stromberg Carlson, is gonna go on your Lend-a-Hand handrail on your rig. It's gonna give you some more grip when you're climbing in or back out. Let's check it out. The foam wrap is gonna really add some texture to the handle, give you more to grab onto. You won't slip with your hand on just touching the metal here, when you go to get in or outside of your rig.

You're gonna get 60 inches of wrap, so that can help you figure out how much of the handle it's gonna cover up when you go to put it on yours. Here's an example of another foam wrap on a handrail. Now this one's been on the rig for a while. You can see that it's cracked up a little bit. Even when I go to use it, it leaves a little bit on my hand, it's not the best texture there.

So this can happen as it sits out in the sun and it wears down. This is also a different type of foam, so it's not gonna last as long as what we're installing today. This is the durablend foam so this one's gonna be sturdier. You can already see that it's not as soft as the other foam there, it reminds me of a steering wheel, you get that grip with it when you're going to grab to climb in or out. As for install, it's really easy to do.

You're really just gonna tape up one end, start working it up the handle and tape up the other end. Check out how I did it. Before we go to install, I just wanna say we're gonna be doing this for demonstration purposes, so I'm not permanently installing it on this rail. This is gonna go through the process of showing you how to do it. So right away, this is gonna be the tape they give you for the ends.

You'll get started putting the foam on the handrail and you'll tape up the first so it stays there as you go up the handrail. We're not gonna use these, and we're gonna use electrical tape instead 'cause we're gonna take it right back off. They also say step one and take some scissors and cut this diagonally, and we're not gonna do that 'cause this is just demonstration so wanna get that outta the way. Now we're gonna get installed. So we're gonna get started wrapping it around the handle, you wanna keep it close together. I got that started. Online, people have said they use this anyway to reinforce the ends to make sure it doesn't go anywhere in case the tape they give you isn't enough, so you definitely don't want the foam coming off. So take my tape here, with it secure at the bottom, we're just gonna keep wrapping around. Try and keep it tight. Make sure there's no spaces in between the foam. And now at this end, the same thing we did at the bottom, you just tape it to help keep it in place. You can use the tape that came with it and then reinforce it with electrical tape just to make sure it stays put. Overall, I really like how easy this was to install and replace. So if you have two handles on your rig like we do, you have that foam one back there that's falling apart, leaves that residue on your hands, I'd much rather rip that off and replace it with this, and I know that if this is ever damaged I can just do that again. Really easy to put on there, and it's good to use when you're getting in or out. Well, I think that does it, thanks for hanging out, and hope this helped.