remogami wrote:
what you think would be good closure over pouch opening?
I see there is Velco on the flap closure of the larger saw case, so I guess Velcro would do.
I am admittedly anti-Velcro, and would prefer a snap closure between flap and pouch, for simplicity of operation, and so that the flap wasn’t Velcro closed when the Gomboy pouch was empty; just lift un-snapped (and un-Velcroed) flap and slip the Gomboy case inside the pouch. Gravity alone should hold the flap closed over the empty pouch when the Gomboy is in use.
The less necessary action the better. One handed extraction and insertion would suit me fine, especially if the stand-alone Gomboy pouch was occasionally belt worn.
Comical aside on simplicity. A friend had very expensive Pella French doors installed. To lock/unlock them there is an over-engineered sequence; lift handle, turn the key left, lower handle, turn the key right. She hasn’t been able to reliably lock her house in ten years. Still takes me multiple attempts.
I have no experience with Velcro and saw dust. Velcro and spider webs, dead insects, egg sacks, loose threads and hairs (now mostly beard, not head), oak catkins and other leaf litter yes. Accumulated detritus has proven detrimental to Velcro over time and exposure, and is difficult to clean out.
Dual Lock is a fastener improvement for many outdoors applications. This was a crud accumulation and cleaning experiment, using black Dual Lock on the left and white Velcro on the right.
PB090050 by
Mike McCrea, on Flickr
The mushroom headed Dual Lock picked up far less debris than the hook & loop Velcro, and was much easier clean.
Dual lock, once mushroom fastened - and it audibly snaps in place - is damn tenacious. Two one inch squares mushroomed together will support 10lbs of pull. That was using the most tenacious High Profile Dual Lock. There is a less tenacious “low profile” variety of Dual Lock for folks with weak trigger fingers.
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/dual-lock-r ... teners-us/I *think* 3M makes Dual Lock in a sewable, non-adhesive backed variety.
I’d probably still rather to have a simple, also audible/tactile, snap fastener on the flaps.