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Old 08-28-12, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by djb
lucille, all he means is that when you have the long straps attached to the clips, and after rolling the top shut and you bring the strap down to the hook on the side of the bag, it pulls the bag "ends" down tight to the body of the bag. I personally never used the straps like this in daily use in all the years using Ortliebs, but I can see that in a really bad rain, combined with perhaps not rolling the top down enough or tightly enough, using the straps in their intended way could be a little better for keeping rain out.
Again, in all the years commuting with these bags, I never bothered as it is a bit slower to do up and to loosen to get stuff out and put in, so I either just bent the tops up and clicked them to each other after rolling, or even just rolled and attached the top middle strap thing (especially if not raining)

hope that it clear (ish)
Thanks, djb! I usually clip the two ends together, but will try out the other way.
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