Velcro vs snaps?

[agunslinger]

Considering making some of my own cuff bracelets (standard 1" bridal leather).  Typically buy them but I am very hard on them and they get pretty beat - or I loose them, look down and its gone.  I have a couple out there in the Sierra Mtns I lost backpacking     Also, I find the basic snaps uncomfortable sometimes, esp when typing.  Wondering it there is a way to reduce the thickness of the fastening, not such a thick profile.  Then I wondered if there was a a way to glue vecro to where the snaps usually go.  Stitch probably better, but dont have the ability (yet).  Just thinking out loud  

[fredk]

Yes, you can buy velcro with self-adhesive backs, but I don't trust that and I glue it on

Edited January 6 by fredk

[Dwight]

If you buy the self adhesive 1 inch squares . . . you can put a small rivet in the middle of both pieces . . . should be plenty of enough velcro to hold them together . . . and the snaps will keep the velcro from pulling away from the leather.

The only thing about velcro . . . I've had it get clogged with dust, lint, dirt, and stuff . . . so it doesn't hold as well . . . needs to be cleaned every now and then.

May God bless,

Dwight

Edited January 6 by Dwight

[billybopp]

I've used sewn on velcro on similar straps.  Glue alone would probably be fine, but I prefer to sew as well.

- Bill

[Bert03241]

I like the rivet idea, I don't think glue alone will hold up. Sewing is good too.

[Klara]

I don't like Velcro as only fastener because I find it separates too easily. That said, my cheap snaps from Aliexpress aren't secure either. Would buckles be an option?