Originally Posted By: NobodySpecial
Originally Posted By: MostlyHarmless
and a loop that goes under the foot just in front of the shoe heel. ...but that loop under the foot is the weakest part of the system

Slip a bit of thin walled plastic tubing over it.
Or that expanding finger-trap nylon mesh stuff you get as packaging around shafts.


My gaiters came with a leather heel strap w/buckle that took ~9 seasons to begin to wear out. I replaced it last summer with some nylon webbing with holes burned into it for the buckle, it still snugs up tight to my foot and should last another 9 seasons.