Originally Posted by
mm718
and that with not enough "float" the knee can track incorrectly.
This may not work for everyone, but I have found that for me at least, a lot of float is not needed or even desirable. The lack of it does mean that you must take great care to get foot angle correct if using clip-less. I use the minimal float in my pedals to help figure out where the adjustment needs to be. If I feel any slight twinge in the knee, I check if it feels better two degrees in or out and then adjust one or two degrees in that direction. It takes some tweaking untill dialed in, but then is likely to be good indefinitely.
I think that if a rider is floating the angle much during every pedal stroke either they are probably doing something wrong or they have some strange bio-mechanical issues.
I am not sure any of that applies to the OP and his clips and straps, since his feet can probably float a good bit.