Originally Posted by
LeeG
I have broken two in cold weather from improperly jamming the pronged part into the female part with one hand, a prong was outboard of the female clip so jamming it in broke it off.
that certainly makes sense, and I have noticed that depending on the buckle, the male prong parts can vary a lot in toughness from one buckle to another--and I have a lot of things with buckles, and have used buckled things like photo equipment in a commercial sense for decades, ie, regular use and not babied.
Doesnt make any sense to me to "cheap out" on the prong parts of a buckle, the weight savings would be miniscule and totally offset by breakages......
all this makes me want to compare the buckles on my stuff now...actually take a look and compare them all.