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Message: <blockquote data-quote="crapbirder" data-source="post: 3453929" data-attributes="member: 109011">Expensive equipment failures.While agreeing that having paid your money you are entitled to a free replacement for failed equipment, is it really worth the inconvenience to carry on doing so ad infinitum.I have no experience of any custom-made straps, expensive or otherwise but have seen a home-made item using  a heavy-weight binocular neck strap fitted with a metal, swivel-trigger dog lead clip which also slides along the strap as in the Black Rapid product. Having seen on endless occasions, dog owners being dragged along by their animal on a lead fitted with one of these clips, I see no reason to suspect they fail on a regular basis. If these clips are not available locally, there is a wide choice on line. As an afterthought, this type of clip is also used to lead a horse so I guess there are no problems with it not being strong enough to deal with even the heaviest rig.</blockquote>