Bolt Snaps

[lord1234]

SS Bolt snaps are roughly 4 dollars each at the local Lowes...there is an online outfit that sells them cheaper but thats about the cheapest I have seen them otherwise...

 

[PerroneFord]

I've seen people use nylon zip ties, dunno if that's considered DIR or not but it doesn meet the requirement of a method of attachment that can be cut.

Your knife won't cut a zip tie?

 

[Jasonmh]

Buy them at Lowes or Home Depot. SS is still more than $1.20, but less than what a dive shop usually charges.

I've seen people use nylon zip ties, dunno if that's considered DIR or not but it doesn meet the requirement of a method of attachment that can be cut.

Just wanted to let you all know that I asked the same question on the Quest list a month or 2 ago, and the answer I got was officially, no, the zip ties are not DIR.
They are considered breakaway connections since they break if you twist them 90 degress. But I know that alot of people still use them.

 

[Daylonious]

I use multiple zip ties (usually two per snapbolt) - you'd have to do some serious twisting to break those.. plus I carry emt shears instead of a knife.. the thing will go through a penny like butter - zipties shouldn't pose much of a threat.

But I understand that the DIR crowd specifies caveline... so I don't want to get into an argument there. I just suck at tieing squareknots...so I use zips..

D.

 

[Wayward Son]

That was a typo. It should read "it DOES meet the requirement"

 

[Daylonious]

I always wondered if there was a channel for diving... how do I connect?

SS Bolt snaps are roughly 4 dollars each at the local Lowes...there is an online outfit that sells them cheaper but thats about the cheapest I have seen them otherwise...

 

[gjm]

if there's a little hole there then your spring isn't SS and could *potentially* foul or rust - locking up the bolt snap. (I think that the hole is to periodically drop a little dab or oil silicon grease or something in there)

About four years ago I got 4 solid brass bolt snaps that had the little holes. To see what would happen I filled the hole on two of them with grease and I left the other two. The two without grease had the springs rust in about one year but I'm still using the other two.

john

 

[super opus]

lows is a good placfe to go i would just go with the ss its wroth the 4 bucks vs the 1.20 more time to clean too

 

[Jerryg]

Try this website for snap ss bolt snaps. They look more reasonable than any place I've found. Since in DIR you use a lot of these you may want to calculate what you'll need and order all of them.

 

[Jerryg]

oops, here is the site
http://www.reefscuba.com/ss.htm