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[tommo256]

Hello,
I snapped two of the buckles off my Redback allegiance pads playing six a side diving.
Anyone have any advice on what to do?

Cheers Lee x

[tommy2tink]

How long have you had them?

[tommo256]

Start of the season

[tommy2tink]

They might still be within warranty, you should ring up and ask; or at least, that's what I would do.

[mdl_1979]

Worth speaking to Gary.  I snapped a buckle on mine a while back - may have been a duff batch.  Haven't had any problem with the 2010 ones though.

[tommo256]

I have sent him an email, I did send it late last night so hopefully get a reply by 1400 hours and if not will ring up. cheers guys

[Ayrtek Cricket]

we had a few issues with the plastic buckles on the pads a while back when we tested ours...may depend who makes the softs as we pointed it out as an area requiring improvement....in terms of the broken buckles though unless u sew a new set back on its difficult to remedy!

[tommo256]

Bugger I have emailed and phoned gary and heard nothing

[Ayrtek Cricket]

yeah its a tricky one to deal with mate as when diving at full length its obviously added extra stress to the pads buckles if they were under strain....could find an old set of pads and perform a transplant between the old ones and new ones if you know anyone whos handy with a needle??

[tommo256]

I don't wear my pads tight either, I was proper annoyed and still am cause they are comfiest pads I have owned. You got any of your samples going cheap?

[Ayrtek Cricket]

let Gary come back to you first before writing them off.....is it just the plastic parts that have snapped im guessing?

[tommo256]

Yeah I went into homesbase to see if they did something similar but no :/

[Ayrtek Cricket]

no mate you will need to pilage some from another pair i would think. if not let me know as i have some old pads we have chopped up previously that i can salvage a set from if you let me know how many/size etc.

[peplow]

i would recommend i little bit of elastic looped through where the buckle bit was and tied into a small knot which never comes undone, works a treat!

[Talisman]

I watched them test the buckles at Sondhi, very impressive strength shown by theirs, I'd think however that you have broken them through heavy use rather than material failure and I'd be surprised if Gary would entertain the idea of replacing the pads. Best biting the bullet and buying some new ones.