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We take belt clips very seriously. We spend a great deal of time and money trying to improve our products. The results are seen in our current product lineup. Many of our products have been improved upon a half-dozen times or more. Input from thousands of users over the past 15 years has helped us a great deal. We also use these products ourselves everyday, which gives us additional motivation to improve them.
We thought we'd share with you some thoughts regarding belt clips so you can better understand and use our products.
The right clip for the job —
Choosing the right clip can sometimes be confusing. Here are some tips to help you decide.
As devices get smaller, lighter or more narrow, you can use a smaller clip. If you use an expensive, wide, or a heavy device, use a stronger clip.
Buy spare tabs! They can be used for PDA's, cameras, tools, remote controls, almost anything. We sell many types of tabs for our products. Great for use on tools, scanners, radios, portable CD players, MP3 players, tape measures or any handheld device.
IMPORTANT: We do not make a loss prevention device. If your device is very important to you, make back-ups, get insurance and order a Case N Clip clip or case!
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Durability —
We want the strongest clips we can build for a reasonable price. This natural set of conflicting standards has led us to believe the following:
We believe in attaching most tabs with adhesive. Why? Because we use 3M Brand VHB™ (Very High Bonding) double-sided, foam based adhesive tape which works extremely well when applied correctly. This adhesive was designed to work with all smooth plastics and alloys. It holds very strongly, yet it's completely removable with a little effort. This adhesive will not fail suddenly on a clean surface.
Points of failure —
We try and avoid permanent attachments because we want our products to fail before yours do. Gluing or screwing a tab into a phone, camera or PDA could destroy your item with enough strain. None of our products involve glue. We would rather have our removable adhesive tape fail, than to rip the back off your device. Again, our adhesive is completely removable, pry it up slowly to remove it. Never attempt to "snap off" our adhesive quickly as damage will likely occur.
How do we attach tabs on our phones and PDA's? Like this. . .
Clean the surface of the phone and the tab with rubbing alcohol and wipe it dry. Finger oil will definitely prevent proper adhesion. Don't assume it's clean if you don't see dirt.
Peel off one side of the adhesive paper on the pad. Both sides are exactly the same.
Stick the pad on the tab and press firmly. If you use the round tabs, you can now bend the tab wings slightly to conform to the shape of your phone. The tabs can also be cut off entirely.
Peel off the remaining paper cover on the adhesive pad. Don't touch it against anything at this point but the object it's supposed to go on. Adhesive that has been applied once loses 30% of it's adhesive strength once it's removed.
Carefully line up the tab on your phone, PDA, etc. and press firmly all around the edges with your fingertips.
If the 3M bonding adhesive becomes loose, it generally happens over a few hours, or days of strain and you'll usually notice it in time to take action. Sudden and complete adhesive failure is very rare. We sell replacement tabs and adhesive which makes them easy to replace.
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Custom case applications, large orders, packaging and special tabs —
Our products are used by numerous manufacturers, police departments, the military, hospitals , construction workers and many other industries around the world. If you have special manufacturing or packaging needs or large orders, E-mail us for a fast response.
We make specialty tabs for many specialized applications. Most are not shown here, but we'll gladly provide specs and discuss your needs. Ask us for something, we might have it.
Need a clip and a tab with no blister packaging? We can do it, just let us know. We can ship in bulk poly bags of 100-250 clips per bag.
Want your logo on our products? Can do. Minimum quantities for a reasonable cost is about 2,000 pieces. Write us for details.
Would you like custom printed blister packaging? We do it. Again, minimum quantities for a reasonable cost is about 2,000 pieces. Write us for details.
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