Drumsticks

Although I talk a lot about "synthesizers", I'm really a "Drummer". (However, I also like doing Sound Design.)
About a week ago, I was doing some research on the different ways Drummers keep their drumsticks from slipping in their hands when their hands begin to sweat.
I looked through ideas on:​

• drumstick tape,
• spray-on rubber coating,
• roughly-sanded drumsticks,
• and the various tacky liquids that companies make for this purpose.

At one point, while in the middle of all this confusion, Sylvia mentioned: "Why not use that extra tube of "lip balm" that's on your desk?" So I put some on my hands and then coated the drumsticks with it. It's a bit too tacky but it does work.
Today, when I started to practice my drums, I noticed that the lip balm coating had worn off. Since that tube had been finished, I used another tube from a different manufacturer. However, this brand didn't work at all. It almost made the drumsticks slippery. I even tested a 3rd brand that we had and it didn't work either. So here's the score:

• Badger (brand) lip balm is what I used first and worked the best.
• Biggs & Featherbelle (brand) almost made the drumsticks slippery.
• Alaffia (brand) also didn't work.

So the next time Sylvia and I are shopping, we'll pick-up another tube of Badger brand and I'll do a little more testing with it.
​Just thought I'd pass this along, in case it helps others in the same situation.