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Flag Halyard Cleat

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Jacques J.
by Jacques J. Flag of France 4/12/2015 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Cleat very fragile. The cleat is correct but the counter plate stainless is much too thin. It can not withstand the slightest shock. a shame because the idea is good and useful!
Dr. E.
by Dr. E. Flag of Germany 6/28/2010
It fulfills its purpose, but: For a small plastic part, a VA screw and some stainless steel sheet actually too expensive. The installation also proved to be tricky (a guide or sketch is missing). If you tighten the screw too tightly, the ironing bends so that it bounces off. You have to bend it with the pliers and start again. On the other hand, you must not let the screw too loose, because otherwise the cleat does not hold.
Sebastian V.
by Sebastian V. Flag of Germany 9/3/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 80000 in use on a Dufour Yachts s.a. - Dufour 3800
The small metal strip is difficult to hold and often slips out when screwing it on.
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Dirk D.
by Dirk D. Flag of Germany 9/14/2022 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Quality not convincing
Functionally a great product, but the quality is not okay. When fastening with the screw, one of two cleats came off the shroud; the plastic material is too pliable for the application.
Tilman S.
by Tilman S. Flag of Germany 9/30/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Cleat good, but fastening is junk
The eyelet is good, prevents the line from looking when it is detached from the cleat. The attachment is scrap, however. I have 3mm shrouds. On the first attempt, I pressed the rear clamp with the screw so that it bent and slipped out of the cleat - just barely able to prevent it from going overboard. When not tightened, there is a great risk of losing the clamp and the loose plate on Poseidon. I then wrapped tape around the want, so it worked better. How you can develop such a lousy fastening solution is a mystery to me. This product should not be in the SVB range, it casts a bad light on the seller.
Wolfgang S.
by Wolfgang S. Flag of Germany 7/18/2020 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Please remove this part from the program!
The flag line lamp is a good idea in principle, but useless in practice! The material of the clamp foot is too soft! When tightening, the foot bends apart and the counter plate slips out of the groove! If you only tighten the screw so tight that the counter plate does not slip out of the groove, the cleat slips on the shroud!
Wolfgang W.
by Wolfgang W. Flag of Germany 5/15/2020 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
so nicht....
Das ist eine untaugliche Befestigung!
Rolf S.
by Rolf S. Flag of Denmark 10/28/2019 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Not thought through
When screwing the cleat tight (using the metal strip), the stainless steel counterpart pushes out of the guide on the cleat because the material is too thin and springy. Furthermore, the M screw is too long. Cleat itself ok
Stefan G.
by Stefan G. Flag of Germany 8/27/2019 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Price OK, poor workmanship
Bad processing! Screw too long! Small parts fall down during tricky fastening and you can't screw it too tight otherwise the retaining clip will slip out.
Dirk S.
by Dirk S. Flag of Germany 5/13/2019 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Hardly any good
The cleat is relatively cheap, but hardly suitable for the purpose. 1. You screw and have metal holder and screw on metal shroud. That in itself is not very suitable, since the connection does not grip but slips. 2. If you try to improve the strength by tightening the screw, you may damage the shroud and finally the rear clamp gives way and the cleat comes off the shroud.
Jean-Michel W.
by Jean-Michel W. Flag of Belgium 5/22/2018 Variant: 80000
Too weak !
At the slightest impact the cleat comes loose and you lose the counterplate, which is much too light...
Frank D.
by Frank D. Flag of Germany 5/7/2018 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Poor quality. The cleat bends during assembly
Andris S.
by Andris S. Flag of Latvia 5/9/2017 Variant: 80000
Does not fix correctly
A bit disappointed about cleat fixing to stay...
Björn B.
by Björn B. Flag of Germany 6/23/2014 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Spielkram, can not be fixed properly, the KlemmSchraube goes through a plastic thread, which breaks out immediately ...
Not mountable
A microscopically small metal plate is supposed to be placed between the cleat and the screw to equalize the screw's pressure on the shroud. This doesn't hold and is also a completely nonsensical design.
Stefan R.
by Stefan R. Flag of United Kingdom 6/17/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Cleat not fit for purpose
Cleat clamping clip pops out of plastic body when fitted to shroud put under minimal load.
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Nigel L.
by Nigel L. Flag of Latvia 5/20/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Flag halyard cleat does not mount securely
The design is clever - but fails as the metal clip as soon as screw starts to tension to hold - the clip pulls out of the plastic base ...
I tried both clips and same result regardless of how careful I was ... and I never even got to trial a flag halyard on it ... it literally fell away in my hand as soon as touched ..
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Maximilian S.
by Maximilian S. Flag of Germany 8/14/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Poor quality
Unfortunately the cleat doesn't hold, everything fell apart when I was assembling it and the small metal sheet was bent. Unfortunately the quality is very poor.
CESARE A.
by CESARE A. Flag of Italy 8/10/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Not satisfied
Poorly made product
Anette H.
by Anette H. Flag of Germany 7/2/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Cheap part
It's a shame that as soon as you put a lot of pressure on the screw, the counter plate tears out. I've never seen anything like that from SVB.
Dieter R.
by Dieter R. Flag of Germany 4/23/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Far too weak and therefore too unsafe on a sailing boat
I wanted to use it as a spacer for my main halyard. However, it is better suited for drying wet socks.
Dirk S.
by Dirk S. Flag of Germany 4/22/2024 Variant: 80000
does not hold
as I said, does not hold on the shroud
Axel W.
by Axel W. Flag of Germany 6/19/2023 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
doesn't last
Plastic sheet metal scrap
GABRIELE S.
by GABRIELE S. Flag of Italy 6/3/2022 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Money wasted
Waste of money! They are useless and the system of attachment to the shrouds is poorly made! After a while everything loosens and everything jumps off breaking into 4 pieces if you are lucky that they do not jump into the water you throw them in the garbage bin!
GABRIELE S.
by GABRIELE S. Flag of Italy 9/20/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 80000
Don't buy
Weak least 1 mount on my shrouds.. piece of plastic and metal made for throw your money
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