Peak desing clip on strap? Safe? (long story)

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Cards on the table. I'm not a fan of quick release anything, in my experience they have a nasty habit of "releasing" when you dont want them to.
That said using two cameras on a wedding is a PITA, my mate uses a harness, possibly black rapid? Not sure. Anyway at the last wedding I tried a "home made" version consisting of 2 cararbiners joined by about 6 in of webbing (part of a running belay) to join the 2 straps behind my back and stop either slipping off my shoulders. It worked, far from ideal and very uncomfortable and akward. But it was free!
I was happy... till I showed "her indoors". After she stopped laughing, she told me I needed a proper harness,.
She went and bought me a Holdfast leather harness.
So now I need to take off my camera straps, and that brings me to Peak design. I want some sort of normal strap for when I'm not using 2 cameras, and a harness, but I dont fancy taking the normal straps on and off, that'll get old very quickly.
So finally my question, are the Peak desing straps safe? Anybody have one fail? I'm using heavy DSLR's.
 
Same here but admittedly I only use mine on a light m/43 set up with 100-300 lens. I just make sure to check the anchors each time I take the camera out.
I believe they have some sort of marking on the elastic banding to advise it’s due for replacement.
 
Micro-four-thirds said:
Same here but admittedly I only use mine on a light m/43 set up with 100-300 lens. I just make sure to check the anchors each time I take the camera out.
I believe they have some sort of marking on the elastic banding to advise it’s due for replacement.
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Yep - the anchors have a yellow wear indicator for when they should be replaced.
 
Peak design anchors will take my weight 14 1/2 stones no problem, I tried it. I have spares but never have had cause to change them yet in four years. If you check them each year on your birthday they should be safe as houses.
 
Terrywoodenpic said:
Peak design anchors will take my weight 14 1/2 stones no problem, I tried it. I have spares but never have had cause to change them yet in four years. If you check them each year on your birthday they should be safe as houses.
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Glad I'm not the only one who's tried it :)
 
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I think there was one batch a few years ago that had issues, but Peak Design replaced them FoC. I have had no problems with mine, including ones from the "bad" batch.
 
Terrywoodenpic said:
Peak design anchors will take my weight 14 1/2 stones no problem, I tried it.
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LOL! That's the first thing I did when I got my first PD strap. :ROFLMAO:

I tried one of the Chinese copies from the Evil Bay too - just a quick pull and it broke easily, it didn't need me to bear any weight on it. :runaway:
 
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I think there was one batch a few years ago that had issues, but Peak Design replaced them FoC. I have had no problems with mine, including ones from the "bad" batch.
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PD tried to reduce the thickness of the cord so as to fit the narrow strap eyes of Fuji bodies, at the same time they tried a new material, which though it had a higher breaking strain, proved to be Less rub resistant. So they reverted and brought out the type4.

In the free replacement packs they included free smaller oval steed clips and little plastic collars for Fuji users, so that the cords did not have to be threaded though the narrow fuji eyelets.

These replacement kits with the oval rings are still available, but they seem to try to avoid giving them out. And it took me some extreme pressure, with repeated messages to get them to send me some. But it was well worth the time and effort.
As they fit so much better in use and help prevent wear to both the cord and camera body.
 
For the reasons you mention, I am still using the thinner version on my X-T2, with regular checks. I have the metal clip in my X100V, but prefer the look without.
 
I’m a big fan of the Peak Design system. I’ve got a variety of straps for different uses (not just photography). I use them widely, including with large full frame DSLRs with a substantial lens (e.g. 70-200 f/2.8) attached. In over five years of using them, I’ve never had a failure or any warning signs from the wear indicators.

As an aside, I believe that there is a PD kit available to convert other straps to use the anchors if that is of interest - I have no experience of using that so far.
 
Naya Kanga said:
I’m a big fan of the Peak Design system. I’ve got a variety of straps for different uses (not just photography). I use them widely, including with large full frame DSLRs with a substantial lens (e.g. 70-200 f/2.8) attached. In over five years of using them, I’ve never had a failure or any warning signs from the wear indicators.

As an aside, I believe that there is a PD kit available to convert other straps to use the anchors if that is of interest - I have no experience of using that so far.
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Peak design anchor links, find them really good

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the cords fit very neatly using their oval rings and little plastic spacers it stops the cord or metal rubbing on the camera preserving both.
I have also covered the grip of my L bracket with black leather for a much nicer grip
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It looks better with the rubber bit - I just have the oval ring on my X100V.
 
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