Testing Simple Strap in Dirty and Wet Conditions

thing to keep in mind is that dirt and dust can affect the performance of a ratchet strap and I wanted to find out from the simple strap guys how their product would hold up under working conditions so the guys that invented it showed me so a lot of people ask me if it works dirty or dusty and the answer is yes [Music] so when I start all over with a fresh piece I feed it from the front I call this the front okay I feed it from the front pull it straight through the back and then I try to keep it super duper simple for these guys so here's one of the problems that you can experience when you're feeding it through if you feed it through and there's a curl in the line like this if you force that curl through like I'm doing right now you're gonna jam this up so now I forced the curl through and you can see where this is going to lead to problems so you got to start all over again right so once I get it basically through the ratchet we got it hooked onto something what do we got the by Sauveur there we'll hook it onto the vise okay so now I've got it there it's a simple matter of I like to hold the bottom hold the top I grab the release mechanism which is right here fold it over and go to town on it right so it's pretty self-explanatory and that's and then when you're done I always like to fold it all the way down so it's tightened this way then I got extra over here okay so the bad part about this this setup is this extra that's hanging out over the back is gonna put reverse pressure on your ratchet strap to loosen it up the way Frankie does it is the extra is actually toward the front room so his extra comes out just like that this way and then he can actually tighten it up and go wrap around it so that he's not getting any pressure to pull the ratchet back up no wider the performance of a ratchet strap will be affected by severe heat or cold just like any piece of equipment out there that you will use but my main concern with the simple strap is if you tie down your ladders or your piping or whatever and you're running down the road and it starts pouring rain on it is that simple strap going to loosen up and so the guys from simple strap said you know what let's go in the worst conditions we possibly can and so we decided to they decided to show me how it works underwater because it doesn't get much wetter than that all it is is friction