I do usually write at night. But I use my headlamp on its lowest setting. I just know these things are going to come in handy for something. I'm going to bring them as they are so light their impact will be negligible.

I think they are absolutely perfect for the reason you first introduced them. No velcro to hassle with having to clean. Just wrap around your pant and off you go. 

mastertangler wrote on Dec 14^th, 2010 at 6:29pm:

Do you hang a flashlight in your tent for a bit of light after dark?  I have a tiny one (sometimes referred to as an electric candle) that I hang.  (With the focus cap removed it gives off light 360 X 180 degrees.)  One bloucing strap might be useful for something like that.

dd

Ok.....I like these bloucing straps. They sent me like 6 of them and I think they are kind of nifty. Picture a little mini bungee cord complete with tiny metal hooks about 6" long and you have the picture. Strong for their size and weight.

I am wracking my brain wondering what I could use them for.

Shoot, I might not even wear pants the whole time cept in the morning around camp or if the skeets are vicious. I usually run in shorts and if it's really hot I take those off and I run in the next layer down. Can you say "breatheability".

I'm thinking those Gaiters are going to be right handy.

Gaiters the other apron But they do make the pants last longer. And it will very impressive to have clean cuffs at the end of three weeks

I'm glad this thread came up. I went and coupled the OTB boots with a pair of gaiters and I think I'm a happy camper. It's tough to put me in long pants and my Chota Mukluks had a sort of built in gaiter. Not so with the OTB boots.

My shins would of likely taken a whoopin.

Good info BH

You never can have enough options for securing items on the water/camp/workshop

I use these when riding my bike;
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I run velcro straps, too. Not sure what they were actually sold to do, but they work great for me. They can get pretty dirty if you get into some good sucking mud-holes, but they're pretty easy to clean off. I've always liked the way it feels to not have anything running up your legs, particularly on the portage trail  

I run velcro straps...and when I need to clean velcro I use a stiff old tooth brush; and old cut off paint brush would work too I think. It is unidirectional...you will see