Hello everyone,
I was just wondering, why are boltsnaps clipped off in a way that the lever part is pointed to the front?
Doesn't this make them an entanglement hazard as well, making them able to hook into thin line?
As a novice diver, I'm sure there's a proper reason for it, but at the moment it seems so illogical to me that if we're using boltsnaps to reduce entanglement risk, we're gonna clip them off facing to the front anyway, which in turn increases entanglement risk again? There's also an extra snag point at the lever basically that we create by clipping the boltsnap facing forward no?
Same goes for a carabiner, if you'd just clip it in reverse, wouldn't it fix the entanglement risk?
I'm not saying boltsnaps are not good, I'm just confused as to why we're supposed to clip the facing forwards.
Happy to receive answers and feedback
I was just wondering, why are boltsnaps clipped off in a way that the lever part is pointed to the front?
Doesn't this make them an entanglement hazard as well, making them able to hook into thin line?
As a novice diver, I'm sure there's a proper reason for it, but at the moment it seems so illogical to me that if we're using boltsnaps to reduce entanglement risk, we're gonna clip them off facing to the front anyway, which in turn increases entanglement risk again? There's also an extra snag point at the lever basically that we create by clipping the boltsnap facing forward no?
Same goes for a carabiner, if you'd just clip it in reverse, wouldn't it fix the entanglement risk?
I'm not saying boltsnaps are not good, I'm just confused as to why we're supposed to clip the facing forwards.
Happy to receive answers and feedback
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