“To address a couple of your concerns, the straps have indeed been
failure tested, and the 90% failure load has been shown to be over
40 pounds, just like the Danglet itself.

We’ve not had many concerns from people regarding the strength of the
straps and hardware themselves. Most questions are focused on the
strength of the Danglet/iPhone junction, and many people refuse to
accept the notion that this attachment method can possibly be safe.
The safety video is our best attempt at showing people that not only
is the junction safe with a properly attached Danglet, but that the
iPod suffers no damage from the separation of an overloaded Danglet.

We have many USA buyers who do use the short strap, but not as much for
wrist security as for an easy “pull tab” from a pocket. At first, we
thought that this represented a small fraction of the buyers, but we’ve
learned that this is almost as popular (for USA customers, at least) as the
use of the neckstrap.

Your comment regarding the lack of a “slide lock” for the wrist strap
makes sense, though, and we have added that to the “product improvement”
wish list.”

I always love when folks who make products take constructive criticism and show such a customer-forward attitude! Oh … so does my wife, who has taken over my Danglet and absolutely loves it!