Turnbuttons v press studs

[citibhoy]

Hi,

We are having new waterproof deckhouse covers made and are considering using turnbuttons as apposed to press stud type fastenings.

Does anyone have any experience of one over the other in the field.

the buttons / studs will be fitted on wood - Iroko

TIA

CB

 

[Jonny_H]

Turnbuckles will be stronger than press studs, but leave a protrusion when the covers aren't in place.

We just fitted halyard bags to our bulkheads and used turnbuckles due to the weight of the bag.

With either you really need a sailmaker to fit them to canvas - with the right tools its 10 seconds per fitting, without it will take forever!

Jonny

 

[tinkicker0]

We just had new covers made up with a large proportion of turnbuttons, instead of the standard fitment of snaps.
SWMBO likes the turn buttons better as they don't hurt her thumbs.

Used the buttons on the points where the canvas sections meet and the standard snaps where it clips on the hull. The cover is much quicker to fit together with the buttons.

 

[bigwow]

A better choice than both turnbuttons or lift the dots would be tenax fastners. They are as strong as turnbuttons but the base fittings only stick out as much as lift the dots.

 

[billcowan]

press studs are LESS painfull to stand on with bear feet, but are inferior in all other respects.

 

[Seagreen]

Tenax are probably the best but quite expensive for what they are. A close second would be the "lift the dot" type fastening. Both have small spike like pillar bases, and are painful to stand on or graze your knees against. Turnbuttons tend to fail more easily.