Intro

To see how hardy dds tapes were, I decided to do some tests. I apologise for the image quality. Anyway, on with the show

DDS Tape

A plain old DDS 4 tape, 20G native, 40G compressed

dds tape

DDS Tape - After Test

My main test was to see how strong the cassettes actually are, so I decided to run one over with my car. Three times.

Surprisingly the only thing to break was the case and the flap at the front, the main part stayed intact. I only rolled over it, I'd say if I hit it at speed, it would be toast.

broken dds tape

broken dds tape

dds tape comparison