bolt snap

Why are primary equipment bolt snaps oriented so that the gate faces outwards (and secondary face inwards)? I can deduce why primary equipment faces a different way to secondary, but not why things are this way around. If anything, I'd expect it to be safer to have the gate against the body to...

Hi, I am planning to do my sidemount course in September and I am learning the configuration of BC now. I have a question about fixing the tank to the BC. I saw sidemount divers fixed the bottom of the tank at the butt plate with a bolt snap and fixed the top of the tank near the chest with a...

I dive in cold water and use mostly medium ( ~3.75") bolt snaps. For a given size of snap the diameter of the swivel eye varies (not the end with the snap itself). I have a few old ones with smaller eyes but I can't find them any more. I've tried ordering a few here and there and seem to only...