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October 03, 2008
Life Tabs: Member Tested and Recommended by National Tactical Officers Association
 Overall Score: 4.6
Created by NJ police officer Jeff Stewart, Lifetabs take the place of a doormat, wood chock or any other available items used to prop open a door, preventing first responders from being locked inside a building as well as allowing back up units to gain entry.
Read what the Tester's had to say...
"...I found that the tags (sold in packs of ten) fit nicely in a uniform shirt pocket. When tested, I discovered that the tags preformed well on both residential and commercial doors. Note that they have to be used on doors with a jam; they will not work on some magnetic locks. Lifetabs aren’t just for doors either. Say you need to make entry through an unlocked window. A Life tab stuck to the glass quickly lets other officers know where you are. I can see where Lifetabs can be handy for EMS and Firefighters too. Lifetabs are a clever yet inexpensive tool that should be found in every officers’ pocket."
-Tested by a police officer from Pennsylvania
"The life tab is a yellow piece of firm cardboard or paper that is used to place in a door so that it can not latch on you or you or your partner. It also has direction on it for whoever sees it not to remove it because it is being used by emergency personnel. I found the life tab products to be very easy to use. They also filled a gap for a very extremely small and portable way to keep automatic doors from closing on you. What officer has not used what is immediately accessible to him/her to hold an automatic locking door open for there partner. I have used a pen, asp, rug, coupon flyers, and phone book to keep a door from locking behind me so my partner could get in. I tested the life tab on several doors. It was very rugged and worked on almost all doors. My only complaint is that it did not work on doors where there was a large strike plated on the outside."
-Tested by a police officer in Minnesota
"The SRT has used life tabs on several exercises and felt they were very useful. The team stated life taps should be given to each officer as part of the equipment and also for all patrol officers."
-Tested by a police officer in Arkansas
"Tab4life emergency personnel cards worked fairly well, they are very sticky and easy to apply. Durable and easily identifiable as to their purpose. I carried the pack in my shirt pocket for several weeks during hot days and they seemed to hold up well. Only a little bend on the end but the whole pack still serviceable. I tried on several self locking doors and the tabs worked on all. I highly recommend these tabs for inner city agencies with lots of apartments and self locking doors."
-Tested by a police officer in Oregon
For more information on Life Tabs, visit www.tab4life.com.
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