diad 5 hand straps keep unhooking

[tadpole]

I hate the handstraps on the Diad 5s. The metal hook keeps getting unhooked because the straps are too loose. The Velcro strips are in the wrong position to get the straps tight. Is this a problem for anybody else?

After hooking and rebooking the strap for hours, I just pulled and broke the other end of the strap off. I've had to do this several times but somebody seems to put new ones back on. I'm a cover driver so I hate to mess with anyone else's stuff, but I have to do something. Maybe I'm being anal... I dunno. But I can't see anyone being upset to lose that stupid strap.

 

[Jackburton]

Put a new one on. It's useless to try and adjust as you've found.

 

[Cementups]

I grabbed a set of pliers out a toolbox at a garage I deliver to and cinched the metal hook just a tad tighter. Hasn't come off since.

 

[ZQXC]

Took off the strap and that ridiculous little stylus the first day I was given a diad 5.

 

[Future]

Just strap it onto your garter belt.

 

[Shifting Contents]

Un hook it, twist it, put it back on


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[Indecisi0n]

I ripped mine off.

 

[Shifting Contents]

I ripped mine off.

That must have hurt.


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[UPSGUY72]

Just ask the morning OMS clerk for a new one. The straps are elastic, that being they wear out. In order to change it you have to open the battery compartment and there is a pin you have to remove. Then you take old one out put new one in...

 

[cooperjake]

I removed mine by pulling the tiny pin at the bottom leaving just the part that clips onto my belt thingy

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[Anonymous 11]

I grabbed a set of pliers out a toolbox at a garage I deliver to and cinched the metal hook just a tad tighter. Hasn't come off since.

Same here and no more problems.

 

[Wally]

Thread should have ended with Jackburton's reply.

 

[Brownslave688]

I cut them off if they get too lose. I don't even know why it's there. I have never used one for anything.

 

[Covemastah]

I must say I'm a little turned on by talk of metal,straps and unhooking !!!! Velcro never does it for me !!

 

[sportsjock]

Mine did the same I ripped it off and my Diad dies everyday at 40%


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[Atlantic Canadian Walker]

One needs the right tool for the job. Once used the velcro n went through 2 in one year. Now I have a stick hook thingy 1" wide x 3"long where the bottom of diad 5 clips to the bottom of the stick. It swings a little differently but wont come apart n can withstand a little abuse in extreme hot n cold weather without breaking as most plastics could in such conditions.

 

[TooTechie]

The strap will keep unhooking, and even if you crimp the metal to keep it attached the strap gets stretched out and there isn't enough velcro length to adjust it tighter. It also used to get stuck in the diad pouch.

Bottom line, if it's your diad and you're not just a cover guy then cut your strap right off. It just gets in the way and slows you down. We didn't have straps on the old diads and we were fine.

As for the stylus-on-a-leash I like it. No more lost stylus for me and I don't have to touch everyone's hands handing it back and forth. I hand them the board with the stylus swingin' on the leash.