Beaver Spring Straps?

[Angleseyskipper]

Originally Posted by John N

I have Woz straps on my avanti quattros and they are great.

The downside of the beaver straps is that they have plastic clips which could get damaged.
The Woz straps fit directly to the fin and are therefore totally indestructible. Because they are DIY you can adjust them to the perfect length for your fin/boot/foot combination/s.

like the man said cut out the plastic faffy bits that go ping and ya bombproof.
woz is ya man!

[Druid]

I have a pair of Avanti Quattros fitted with Woz straps. I wear them with wet boots and a drysuit without any problems - there is enough stretch in the springs to fit both types of boot. Best £20 I ever spent on dive kit.

I also have a bag of assorted rubber straps and clips to fit Mares type posts. I will never use them again but I am unable to throw perfectly good stuff away. You can have a new pair of rubber straps for the postage if you want.

[Woz]

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[Fiona]

Same question, same old replies

I also bought a pair of Beaver spring straps and have been using them since June, both with a drysuit and wetsuit boots and the same size is fine for both, yes I was surprised to.

As for plastic clips breaking I have had my fins 10 years and with over 500 dives I have never had a plastic clip break and I only changed the fin straps once. So maybe some of you are a bit heavy handed.

For less than £20 and fitted in about 4 seconds try the Beaver ones, I am gald I did.

There are just some people on here that don't like Beaver.

[Noel Johnson]

http://www.yorkshire-divers.co.uk/fo...971#post284971

[String]

Considered bungee like that but id have the same problem of it failing to be adjustable easily to my 7mm wet boots and both drysuits. Plus the only bit of the fins before the strap that had ever broken were the plastic roller which they seem to be attached to.

Unless someone comes up with very adjustable steel springs it looks like im going to have to go with just buying more rubber fin straps.

I dont really want to have to buy pool fins for the pool another set of fins for use abroad with the semi dry boots and 2 different steel spring straps 1 for each drysuit....

[Mandlebrot]

Originally Posted by Fiona

Same question, same old replies

I also bought a pair of Beaver spring straps and have been using them since June, both with a drysuit and wetsuit boots and the same size is fine for both, yes I was surprised to.

As for plastic clips breaking I have had my fins 10 years and with over 500 dives I have never had a plastic clip break and I only changed the fin straps once. So maybe some of you are a bit heavy handed.

For less than £20 and fitted in about 4 seconds try the Beaver ones, I am glad I did.

There are just some people on here that don't like Beaver.

I also have the Beaver spring straps and have to agree with Fiona on this one, they are fab.

[Noel Johnson]

It isn't an issue String. I use the same fins for drysuit diving and 3mm diving without adjusting the fin strap tension.

[JonP]

I bought a pair of the Beaver ones for my Avanti Quattros after having to bin a dive when the original strap buckle shattered as I was putting my fins on. (Also started carrying spares, which I should have done in the first place). One of the best purchases I have made in a long time.

[Mark Davies]

Originally Posted by John N

The downside of the beaver straps is that they have plastic clips which could get damaged.

The clips are just the same as any other and I've never had one break on me. They make putting them on and swapping them (for instance to use in the pool or on holiday) an absolute doddle, so for me the plastic clips are a positive bonus rather than a drawback.