DIY Pull Tab for Spring Straps - Look OK???

[Endler's]

'Have been wrapping all my fin springs to keep out line.

'Seeing the naked springs of @MB NZ pic, makes me wonder how many divers wrap their springs with 1" tubular webbing?

Also, @Brett Hatch's buddy's double ender does not play well with a sleeve. (@ least mine doesn't.)

 

[MB NZ]

'Have been wrapping all my fin springs to keep out line.

'Seeing the naked springs of @MB NZ pic, makes me wonder how many divers wrap their springs with 1" tubular webbing?

Also, @Brett Hatch's buddy's double ender does not play well with a sleeve. (@ least mine doesn't.)

It wasn't by design, the plastic pull tabs on those cheap spring straps broke, so didn't seem much point leaving the rest of it on. I was going to put tubing of some kind over the top, but noticed on another pair of fins with covered spring straps that there was a little corrosion underneath, presumably because they couldn't dry out properly. I haven't been tangled in any lines yet, but I'm not a cave diver.

 

[The Chairman]

Effectic

Shouldn't be a horrible, right?

It looks fine. Simple and effective. Be sure to CA all the knotty parts. I was a big fan of spring straps but haven't seen the need for them in decades. I even sourced out a lighter spring as they bothered my Achilles heel.

 

[happy-diver]

Yeah the spring sprung strap fin strap be it rubber or steel fighting to detriment the Achilles Tendon the entire dive

Wow that's smart, again!

Still!

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Nope, standard straps again for me all the way

Smarter still!


Yeah go on, go push on a tendon, see what happens can it be any dumber

 

[grantmac]

Just wait until you replace springs with 9mm bungee, best strap by far IMHO.

 

[rmssetc]

I read through all the various threads I could find on this topic, looked at all of the various purchase options, and decided that ~3 cents worth of nylon line was the best option. Added these little braided nylon pull tabs.

Shouldn't be a horrible, right? I don't think the loop is big enough to risk snagging too much, but still can get a 5mm or 7mm index finger through them.

I'd suggest running the "finger loop" through some soft plastic tubing, as in:

That will help keep the loop from "collapsing" (ie., prevent the wet line from sticking to itself), which will make it difficult to find the loop blindly, in current/surface chop, with cold & water-puckered fingers.

The tubing can be 3mm or 4mm or 1/8" aquarium hose, or whatever is lying around in the basement junk drawer.

Hint -- you can do the same thing using a bungie or zip-tie instead of string...the ziptie is easier to tighten than tieing line to create a loop of a precise size, and the bungie is self-tightening...both are less floppy than string and a good way to add gear attachment points to a knapsack or a BCD (you know, an underwater backpack with a balloon instead of a compartment to stuff in a sleeping bag).

 

[scott7685]

Thanks for all the great ideas and feedback!

 

[happy-diver]

Have been wrapping all my fin springs to keep out line.

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