Lee. Your 10 inches from binocular to the padded part of the strap is too long for me. I like my overall strap length shorter. I like around 6 inches. i don't like to double my strap either because that is more weight and complexity. I am a minimalist. My favorite strap is a standard black Vero Vellini because it is very light, simple and well made out of leather and the foam padding is very comfortable without being too heavy. I always shorten them and then melt the ends to keep them from fraying. Here is a picture of one and a link on Amazon.com.Dennis and Swissboy
I am puzzled by your need to cut the straps shorter and have to fiddle with cauterising the resulting strap-ends to prevent fraying.
Take a look at my strap set-up in the first pic. Notice that with the adjustment buckles pulled right up to where the neck-pad begins, this leaves only 10in of strap on each side which delivers your binos to your chest, not hanging down near your belly. If you wanted the strap even shorter you could pull the loose end further through the buckles and if the short length of loose end sticking out beyond the buckle annoys you just pass it back through the buckle again.
The way I put the strap through the buckle is this and pay attention, this ain't easy to explain. In you right hand you have the neck strap and in your left you have the buckle. Put the end of the strap UP and OVER the central bar of the buckle, then take it down to the bino lug and thread it down through it. Fold the end of the strap OUTWARDS i.e. away from the bino and bring it up to the buckle and pass it under the first bar, OVER the central bar where the upper part of the strap is already lying, and under the final bar. Move the buckle DOWN the strap towards the bino to make the strap longer or mobe it UP the strap towards the neck pad to make the strap shorter. The second pic is of the buckle and the bino is off the pic to the left.
Lee
https://www.amazon.com/Vero-Vellini...vero+vellini+strap&qid=1585338582&sr=8-3&th=1
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