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> Chris Hellas wrote:
> >The 'trident' plastic clips were used extensivly on BC's manufactured in the
UK
> >by AP valaves. They had problems with the plastic becoming soft with age.
This
> >meant that the clip sometimes came apart without warning - particularly when
> >carrying twin cylinders.
> 
> These are generally called Fastex buckles, I believe. Anyone who has problems
> with the buckles on an old AP jacket (they use different ones now) can get
> free replacements made from higher spec. material, direct from AP. These
> appear to last much better.
> Neal
> 
	I dive with one such 'Buddy' jacket which was bought with the new
design of buckle. Unfortunately I found these to be tricky to fasten, especially
with cold or gloved hands, because of this the chances of the buckles 'popping'
open under strain are quite high.

	This is my personaly opinion, and I have had mine replaced with 
standard 'fastex' buckles, with which I have had no problems in the past.
Having said this, the smaller (less than 25mm) 'fastex' buckles do snap
after some time if they are constantly used under strain.

Cheers,

Ali Lawrie.

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