mastertangler wrote on Dec 13^th, 2010 at 7:18pm:

I missed it somehow. Got the cord locks from Brigade quarter masters and am not the least bit impressed. I got three packs and they all perform the same on the OTB boots which is to say they don't.

That was my initial impression.  However, I hadn't "unloaded" the spring.  Mine came with the springs under tension.  I had to mash the cord load "head" pretty hard on the first one before it came to life and worked properly.

I've used the cord locks on both flat (OTB) and round (Vasque) laces.  The locks seem to work perfectly well on either.

I'm off to do a 6 mile cord lock test (on my hiking boots).  I'll report back if I have any problems  ... of course I had no problems on the cord lock/laces for the first 200 miles, but who knows!   ;)

dd