Worth replacing fin straps on fins?

[Damselfish]

any suggestions on attaching bungies to fins with posts?

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

any suggestions on attaching bungies to fins with posts?

look at the pictures in posts 17 and 18 from this thread
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/do-yourself-diy/191307-ss-spring-straps.html

You would have to bend the S hook to make it tight around the post and then more on the other end to keep the bungie on.

Or you could use that ring clamp thing. I don't know the correct name of it. They are using steel springs but I don't see why you couldn't use bungie

from post 18

I started out using the wire on the fin post, bit didn't feel that they would last that long. I've since switched to ss s-hooks from McMaster-Carr. Here's the finished product:

Then after reading GratefulDiver's post about a spring letting go at depth in Cozumel, I decided to add a zip-tie as an on-board repair kit:

from post 17

 

[SaltwaterFreak]

My LDS gave me a pair of spring straps to try ......I told him if they wanted them back they would have to kill me to get them

But seriously they are god sent for us larger divers.... that have a harder time reaching our heals on a tag line waiting to get back on a boat.

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

By the way, Lowe's carries S hooks in several sizes.

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?acti...61544&Ne=4294967294&Ntk=i_products&Ntt=s+hook

 

[highdesert]

Here's a Manta Ray universal fin strap. Works like a spring strap. I have one coiled up and zip tied to my BC ... very compact little item. I can literally do a repair/replacement during a dive.

APS Mantaray Universal Fin Strap Pair from LeisurePro.com

Buckle Problems

 

[Damselfish]

Here's a Manta Ray universal fin strap. Works like a spring strap. I have one coiled up and zip tied to my BC ... very compact little item. I can literally do a repair/replacement during a dive.

I have a couple of those, don't see how it's anything like a spring strap. Just an emergency replacement for a rubber strap.

 

[Aussie scuba chick]

I got quoted a phenomenal amount of dosh for some spring straps from my local dive store and was told that they're permanent...

 

[Aussie scuba chick]

What makes rubber straps perish really quickly? I mean, really REALLY quickly

 

[paradicio]

What makes rubber straps perish really quickly? I mean, really REALLY quickly

Gnawing on them?

Is that happening to you? Are you pulling on them very hard to tighten them? What brand of fins/straps do you use?

 

[CompuDude]

What makes rubber straps perish really quickly? I mean, really REALLY quickly

Smog. Or petroleum products. Storage near a motor or engine (excess ozone, see Smog). Lots of things.

Spring straps are a godsend. But, as with any piece of gear, you need the right size, or you'll be miserable. No matter how nice my wife's Manolo Blahnik's are, they would be hell on my feet.