Well, this little fix isn't on some everyday item per-say, it's a fix on me. I had cut myself fairly badly (not too deep, just long) right across the palm of my hand. Myself, being a starving university student, had not bandaids, no gauss, no wraps to cover the wound, but I did have some kleenex. Now the normal procedure when I cut myself its kleenex and tape, and voila instant bandaid. But in this case I had no tape whatsoever. What i did have though was some 16 and1/2 gauge steel wire (of course I have that and no tape, obvious right?) So after I got the bleeding down to a minimum, I grabbed my pliers and I began to work, forming myself a sort of pressure applying "cast" to fit over my hand. When all was said and done, and I had the device on, it worked great! I even slept with the thing on to make sure I didn't bleed all over my bed. In my opinion, an excellent fix :)