Zulu straps how secure are they

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lotsofstufftogo

Discussion Starter · Jun 25, 2008

Ive been thinking about doing some mods to a watch or two and was curious how secure are Zulu straps. They dont look to secure at all and Id rather not lose a nice watch if I can help it. Growing up with Casio watch bands I know my watch isnt going anyplace soon.

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chromehead

· #21 · Jun 28, 2008 (Edited)

one thing to note thou...

how secure it is on g-shocks pretty much depends on the tiny thin springbar and the plastic adaptors unlike on divers where u direct weave it through their fat springbars twice the size.

so i think your g-shocks are still going to be ripped out like normal resin bands just that all you have left is the Zulu and adaptors on your wrist

OT: my zulus and natos tend to smell even only after a day :roll:

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Frogger

· #22 · Jun 28, 2008

chromehead said:
one thing to note thou...
how secure it is on g-shocks pretty much depends on the tiny thin springbar [...]so i think your g-shocks are still going to be ripped out like normal resin bands just that all you have left is the Zulu and adaptors will be whats that's left.

Good aspect and it goes further: most G-Shock models have a plastic casing. I wouldnt be surprised if the holes attaching the springbars to the case would get ripped out.

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ScurvyLubber

· #23 · Jun 28, 2008

I have to echo what others have said as far as Zulu's being *too* secure. It's made out of the same stuff as seat belts and nylon rigging straps etc. I bet you could pull a car with a Zulu strap!
I'd really hate to lose my hand or maybe even worse would be to see my de-boned hand on the ground next to me while I scratch my head with a skeleton hand saying WTF !?!?. NOT COOL. I'd rather lose the watch.

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TTT

· #24 · Jun 28, 2008

On the other side of the argument, you probably shouldn't be wearing anything (jewellery, watches, long hair, bracelets, anything) if you're using a hazardous piece of machinery. Whenever I've used a table saw in the past, I took my watch off, even my thin W-71, with a plastic strap.

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Buzzbait

· #25 · Jun 28, 2008

WhtShadow said:
I think someone made 1mm spacers from a plastic ball point pen tube. One on each side of the strap should do the trick. :-!

I have used this method when adding the Countycomm strap adapters. It works very well.

I have not needed the pen tube pieces when using my genuine Casio adapters.

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ScurvyLubber

· #26 · Jun 29, 2008

I hear ya TTT. I'm always cognizant of stuff like that b/c I work around fans, pumps, chain falls etc.
I was talking bout tactical G.I. Joe stuff. Ya know, jumpin' out of helicopters & chasing bad guys & stuff.

ScurvyLubber

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TTT

· #27 · Jun 29, 2008

ScurvyLubber said:
I hear ya TTT. I'm always cognizant of stuff like that b/c I work around fans, pumps, chain falls etc.
I was talking bout tactical G.I. Joe stuff. Ya know, jumpin' out of helicopters & chasing bad guys & stuff.

ScurvyLubber

Haha, I'm sure a lot of us here on WUS do that every day :-d
If you were in that kind of situation, you'd probably have a big, nasty knife strapped to your person, which you could use to cut yourself free, anyway

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WhtShadow

· #28 · Jun 29, 2008

TTT said:
On the other side of the argument, you probably shouldn't be wearing anything (jewellery, watches, long hair, bracelets, anything) if you're using a hazardous piece of machinery. Whenever I've used a table saw in the past, I took my watch off, even my thin W-71, with a plastic strap.

All I can say is that it is likely I still have my right hand, only because I was wearing a watch, with a stainless steel bracelet. A long, long time ago, in a land far away...

8th grade, wood shop, band saw. Kids playing. Me sawing. Got bumped. Wrist hit the saw blade. Fortunately the watch band hit the blade and not my skin. Kids were out of school for a week, and out of shop for the rest of the yer.

Teacher was a wreck, cause he saw it happen, and was sure it had sliced my hand off. Those wood band saw blades will go through you like nothing is in the way.

I'm happy! b-)

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TTT

· #29 · Jun 29, 2008

WhtShadow said:
All I can say is that it is likely I still have my right hand, only because I was wearing a watch, with a stainless steel bracelet. A long, long time ago, in a land far away...

8th grade, wood shop, band saw. Kids playing. Me sawing. Got bumped. Wrist hit the saw blade. Fortunately the watch band hit the blade and not my skin. Kids were out of school for a week, and out of shop for the rest of the yer.

Teacher was a wreck, cause he saw it happen, and was sure it had sliced my hand off. Those wood band saw blades will go through you like nothing is in the way.

I'm happy! b-)

Wow, that's lucky. I never used the bandsaw when I was at school for that reason - too many idiots in the class. One guy almost cut his finger off. I don't even know if they let high schoolers use bandsaws anymore.
I would have to say, though, that your case was the exception rather than the rule ;-)

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dudegalea

· #30 · Jun 29, 2008

ScurvyLubber said:
I have to echo what others have said as far as Zulu's being *too* secure. It's made out of the same stuff as seat belts and nylon rigging straps etc. I bet you could pull a car with a Zulu strap!
I'd really hate to lose my hand or maybe even worse would be to see my de-boned hand on the ground next to me while I scratch my head with a skeleton hand saying WTF !?!?. NOT COOL. I'd rather lose the watch.

And the irony is that if you lose your hand, you'll probably lose the watch anyway 'cos there's nothing to stop it falling off your wrist!

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TTT

· #31 · Jun 29, 2008

dudegalea said:
And the irony is that if you lose your hand, you'll probably lose the watch anyway 'cos there's nothing to stop it falling off your wrist!

Except for the tourniquet :-d

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