- Good day there,
Jake from Snowys
Today I'm gonna show you
the Sea to Summit Stretch-Loc strap.
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These straps are easy to use.
They're super versatile
with lots of adjustments,
and they're super secure
and they're made from really
strong T-P-U material.
So the Sea to Summit Stretch-Loc straps
come in a variety of sizes.
You've got the
20 mil wide strap here,
and a smaller
12 mil wide strap here.
And they come in a variety of lengths
from 300 mil,
right through to 750 mil.
They come in a couple of colours as well,
and they're made from
super strong materials.
You've got T-P-U
on the strap here,
and the buckle is
a strengthened polyurethane.
Now the polyurethane
has a little bit
of flex in it,
so that it won't break under pressure.
It's really, really strong
and it's designed to flex.
The T-P-U here
is really strong,
I can't break that
by pulling that
super tight like that.
And it's designed
to hold loads under pressure.
Now there's a few cool
unique features with this.
If I thread this through here,
you've got these little ridges here,
which is nice
to pull it through with.
That's handy if you've got gloves on
or you're got cold
or wet fingers.
So really easy
to pull all the straps
through under load.
And set your desired length.
You just pull
the strap over,
and clip it on there.
And that holds it
nice and securely.
And you'll notice how
the strap flattens out
as I pull that under pressure.
So that keeps
this part of the strap,
down nice and low.
I'll move on to the
other little feature
that's unique from Sea to Summit.
This is real
innovation and design here.
It's called the strap keeper.
Now, that's primarily designed
to hold your
strap in place
so you don't get any
loose bits flapping around,
and that's kinda handy on a bike.
You don't want that sticking
into your leg.
And the strap keeper also provides
a few other features
which I'll go into shortly.
So a cool feature of the
Sea to Summit Stretch-Loc straps
is you can join them together
if you've got the same width.
So I've got the 20 mil one here,
maybe I've got two of these
that are a bit short
for the job I wanna do.
I can just grab another strap,
feed it through,
lock it off,
and now my strap
is longer again.
So I can join that up again,
and I've got a longer strap.
You'll probably notice while I'm doing this
that one of these
is a bit wonky.
Now, straight out of the packet,
they're all bent up like that,
and Sea to Summit
recommend that you put them
in boiling water
for about a minute.
I did this one earlier,
it straightened out somewhat.
Looks a bit better,
just to avoid those kinks.
But also I'd like to mention that,
you can't really join
the small ones
to the big one.
It's just not quite
the right size
because this little notch here
is unique to each buckle.
So you got two
different sizes there.
What I'll do now,
is I'll take you around the shop
and show you a few scenarios
of how these Stretch-Loc straps work,
and how the
strap keeper works.
The Stretch-Loc straps
are truly versatile.
There's heaps of options
for these things.
I'm just gonna take you through
a few now
that I've thought of.
One scenario might be
you've got a roof rack
and you wanna put
your paddle for your kayak on there.
You can strap it
onto the roof rack,
kayak paddle on there.
Or maybe your shovel
on a four-wheel drive.
Maybe your awning zip is busted
on your four-wheel drive awning,
You can get a bigger one
and strap it around
and hold it all in place.
Use it on the trailer
for tie downs, anywhere really.
I'm gonna show you a few scenarios.
I've got a bike here.
These are the
perfect bikepacking accessory.
I've got a nice bike here
that I'll strap
a water bottle onto.
So you might have a
water bottle cage there
that you can use,
maybe you need a few more
on your bikepacking setup.
Maybe you need
to attach your tube,
so you could attach it up there,
maybe up under
the seat here,
anywhere you want really,
using these straps.
I'm just gonna thread this
12 mil one on,
which is our lightest one,
which is the bikepackers choice.
Just thread it through that hole
on the strap keeper,
pull it through nice and tight.
If I just secure that,
you can see how that sits in place
when I'm not using it.
That means it stays there.
It's not gonna fall off
or go on the ground.
You could use a couple of these
if you've got
a heavier load.
Now, just slide that down a bit,
put the bottle on,
bring the strap around here
through the buckle,
and I'll just tension that up.
And then I'm gonna use
the strap keeper
to secure this strap.
It's under tension there
so it's a bit tight,
but you know
it's gonna be secure.
Got those little ridges there
to make it easier.
Now, ideally I would have
set that up a little bit differently,
so it doesn't hit the tyre,
but you can see that bottle
is really rigid
and really secure there.
You're gonna be able to go over bumps.
That's not going anywhere.
The keeper strap also doubles
as a bit of protection
for the paint work
on your bike.
And it also provides
a bit of grip,
so that thing doesn't go
up and down.
All right, another scenario
is on your front forks here.
I've already got one attached here.
This is a 20 mil strap.
I've got that nice and secure.
Ideally I'd probably use
two on a fork,
and I've got the Sea to Summit
Big River Dry Bag here,
and I'm just gonna
thread it through.
This is the best dry bag
for bickpacking adventures.
It's got these little straps
on the side to keep it secure.
So they work really well together.
Just gonna get the strap through there,
secure that off,
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and there you go.
A nice option
for more storage
on your bike
using a dry bag.
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Okay. Another scenario
might be in camp.
You need some sunscreen
or some hand sanitizer quick access.
So I'm just gonna
pop it up here on the pole.
Using the keeper strap once again,
thread it off,
lock it off.
It just stays there
when I don't need it
and I'm just gonna reach in front here.
I've got some hand sanitizer.
It's a bit of a heavy bottle
of hand sanitizer,
so I'm just gonna get that
buckle threaded to start with,
bring the bottle up there.
Could use a sunscreen
on the beach shelter,
lock it off
and use the strap keeper there again.
Okay. So that's nice and secure there
for the pumping action.
What I've shown you today
is just a few scenarios
with the smaller ones.
The bigger ones are
also quite versatile
right up to 750 mil.
So you can use them
for a swag on a roof rack
or something like that.
You can check out
the diameter online
and all the other
little specs and details
on our website
at snowys.com.au
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