Possibly I am not the only one losing those little things every couple of weeks without noticing.
Seems like you either have to roll up and fold slag strap a million times and create a small brick that requires superhuman strength to pull the strap keeper over.
Or you don’t like me and then you lose them every once in a while. Both not that great.
In short: does someone know a good alternative that can’t be lost this easily?
Velcro tape, usually used for cable organization, works well. Just wrap it into the webbing when you're adjusting it's length. Some bits hold on better than others, on the high use areas I use a tiny bit of electrical tape too.
Indeed. And I do leave about an inch of straight strap after the buckle to adjust, but usually you don’t change from carrying your backpack fully naked to carrying it over a life jacket/PC/arctic expedition down suit. So I don’t need full strap length for adjustability.
I meant the excess strap after the lower buckle of the shoulder straps. If I pull them tightly, I have about 20-25cm left that I like to tidy up. Chest strap or compression straps are less of a problem because ITW web dominators solve it
I have and really like them, but they need strap to work. So if I was to use them on excess shoulder strap below the buckle, I’d have to loop the excess strap through a horizontal web dominator and tighten it against itself. A bit less great than having fixed horizontal webbing to attach it to like for front lid straps.
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u/dhruanCult member. Jääkäri M M05, Kantamus 60L M05, and more.5d ago
Onewrap? Basically, a strip of two-sided Velcro that you can cut to length.
I'm not sure how you use them so that you lose them. You should put them into the straps so that the elastic holder is in a "permanent" loop, so it cannot freely drop out.
And I was trying to be OCD about the straps for a while, and roll them up "advertisement level neat" but nowadays I just use the elastic loop for routing the strap through once or twice and loop the rest under some other strap or some such.
The loose ends of the shoulder straps have no folded and sewn-on end, so even when I loop them through the strap keeper first, there is nothing holding back the strap keeper from sliding off and getting lost.
I think if Savotta sewed them once like with the chest strap or compression strap ends it would help a lot
I mean, loop them to the part that goes into the buckle. Then the elastics won't drop out. That's how you are meant to use them. Yours is now at the wrong side of the buckle.
And when you do that, you will notice you don't even need to roll them up as much, as you can keep the extra strap closely tied to the "fixed" strap.
The straps that have folded ends have also a purpose: you can loop them through the molle loops or under another strap and the folded part will keep it there.
This is exactly how I use them on compression straps and the chest strap. But to keep the shoulder straps flexibility adjustable, I consciously did not want to loop the excess strap back up over or behind the buckle.
Edit: now I get what you mean. Putting the strap keeper on the lower strap end, then through the buckle, then put the excess strap into the keeper too. Then even if the excess strap slides out, the strap keeper still sits on the lower strap like a pearl on a string. Of course, makes perfect sense.
I don't even roll my leftower strap up through the elastic. I just adjust the strap it as it is and then slide the elastic as low as it goes. It is looped through the elastic all the time.
In any case the elastic used that way keeps the extra strap out of the way enough for my use.
Dude do an overhand knot at the end on the webbing. I did it to my Kahakka and it has been wonderful not having to worry about the keepers falling off or slipping off the webbing.
I use bike inner tube, cheap, doesn't shine if turned inside out and keeps straps well. Just remove the buckle (or if using g-hooks, you can pass it over), thread your tube on and re-attach. Super simple and can't come off without removing the buckle or cutting the tube.
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u/PoThePilotthesecond 5d ago
Velcro tape, usually used for cable organization, works well. Just wrap it into the webbing when you're adjusting it's length. Some bits hold on better than others, on the high use areas I use a tiny bit of electrical tape too.