Mitten clip alternatives

[Greg Mihalik]

Don, I too am in a Hexamid. This is what my clips look like – The loop slides in. The loop slides out. The toggle and the tension do the rest. For the "figure 8" clip – the one on right of your image – I take an emory board to the "spring side" to open it up a bit. Same result. Lighter and less bulky.

[Franco Darioli]

It can be done with the other type fast and easy without any modification.

[Matthew / BPL]

Actually I find the clips pretty easy on grosgrain and thin cord. I don't like them on the D rings. I'll try again though, Franco.

[Daniel Pittman]

Franco, loved the video. Is this thing gonna go three pages?

[Franco Darioli]

The other day : Me : crappy weather. my wife : what ? it's great !!! Me : yes ,I've got nothing to moan about now. I have to say that I like Matthew's avatar. Someone that can eat SPAM can't be bad. SPAM

[Matthew / BPL]

All this flattery will get you nowhere, Franco.

[Dave @ Oware]

They work great on cord. I use me on all kinds of things, to secure draw cords, clip key rings together, put em on my whistles, knives, bic lighters etc. Just don't use the d or tri rings. (I have a big handful of the tri-rings I would give away.They suck)

[Laurie Gibson]

I'd like to see Franco show how to use a mitten hook with cord/grosgrain. (This is what I have to connect a groundsheet to a shelter but haven't done so yet.) I learned something from the video with mitten hook and D ring!

[Franco Darioli]

"All this flattery will get you nowhere, Franco" I was hoping someone from Ikea would be watching this thread. Anyway , given that others have gone silent , I will make Laurie happy. Mitten Hooks and bits of string another 10 seconds of your life you will never get back. (I am practicing using a new video camera with a different codec from the previous one…)

[Matthew / BPL]

You are making a good case for technique rather than strength.

[Franco Darioli]

Sorry about that. I wonder if Billy is still upset with me.

[Laurie Gibson]

Thanks, Franco!

[Don A.]

Dang I was going to say no to your offer Franco but you posted the video too quick. A mitten hook to cord connection is not an issue–the hexamid beak clips up on a guy line so I've had a little experience. Let's have a cord in/cord out race. I'm pretty good at it, even not sitting at my desk.

[Franco Darioli]

Don, Even I get bored with my videos. (there is nothing new for me there) I had a nap after the last one so no more for this month. (I have to upload my clips using one programme ,then transfer them to another for "editing" . Today I finally discovered where those clips end up without having to have a full search inside all my files)

[Bob Moulder]

Clearly there are some folks who like to make the simplest things seem like an insurmountable hurdle. As Franco has demonstrated repeatedly, whether clipping OR unclipping the dead simple idea is that the material being clipped/unclipped (d-ring, grosgrain, cord) is used to press down the TOP of the gate of the mitten hook, carabiner, whatever. Sheesh, I can't believe this "duh moment" is into the second page, LOL!

[Ken Thompson]

So we have been shown three other pieces of hardware that could be used in lieu of mitten clips. We've been schooled on how to use mitten clips. Any other options out there for say, people who are anti mitten clip and everything they stand for?

[Bob Moulder]

Any other options

[Matthew / BPL]

smaller than the Chinese eBay clips

[Dave @ Oware]

"So we have been shown three other pieces of hardware that could be used in lieu of mitten clips. " Any other options out there for say, people who are anti mitten clip and everything they stand for? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoelace_knot

[JCH]

May as well take this 180 degrees from David's reasonable, weightless and free suggestion… Dutch Ware makes the most ridiculously tiny, nearly weightless, innovative and awesome TI doo-dads for tightening/lashing/adjusting guylines that I have ever seen. Kinda expensive, but DAYUM that's some cool jewelry.

[Matthew / BPL]

Franco is right. Mitten hooks are pretty easy with his technique. I don’t mind kitten hooks as much as I used to.

That said, those little Chinese micro-carabiners are pretty nice in the right application and they are much easier to obtain now that Dutch carries carries theme here.

[Ken Thompson]

Do gloves feel left out? Will they throw down the gauntlet? Or treat this issue with kid gloves? Let’s see a show of hands.

 

[Lester Moore]

I’m reluctant to admit that the thought of a better way to connect object A to object B sometimes keeps me awake at night, along with other seemingly inane gear related thoughts. So as contrived and ridiculous as it may seem, I’d like to find an easy, quick and light way to disconnect an inner net tent from a tarp one-handed while looking the other way. This is not an attempt at humor (although I enjoy the occasional thread humor), but rather an attempt to make it just a little easier to remove the inner net from a Tarptent Notch in the rain.

It’s a looooong reach to disconnect the head and foot end of the Notch inner net and it’s easier with just one arm, keeping half the shoulder out of the way. It’s also easier on the back with one arm, using the other arm to provide support on the ground. And when there’s condensation on the tarp, it’s preferable to keep one’s head down to reduce the cold smear of moisture down the back of the neck, effectively looking the other way.

Henry at Tarptent has confirmed that the same tiny side release buckles used on the Notch doors can also be ordered separately from Tarptent, although I question their durability. Other than that, here’s the lightest and smallest option that I could find online: http://www.survival-pax.com/3-8-Straight-Side-Release-Plastic-Buckle.html

Any other suggestions, besides seeking therapy?

[Valerie E]

No need for therapy (just yet, anyway…)

I think for the easiest possible one-handed release, I’d go for a center release plastic buckle in a small (half-inch-ish) size.  Either of these should work like a treat:

[Franco Darioli]

BTW, for those that can’t be bothered clicking on a link, here are the two videos on how to use those mitten hooks…

in case you are wandering, the gloves are oversized so that I can have liner gloves under them…

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