Best sewing snaps according to redditors

The towels ($2), thread ($.10). the sewing machine (depreciation or amortization cost would be something, but she already owns it so $.00), and the snaps ($.08), so that's $2.18 or a $7.82 profit a cone (if she sells them for $10). Let's say after making dozens of these she gets her time down from 30 minutes to say 15 minutes. Now she's making $31/hr profit. That sounds pretty good to me, and Mystitat seems like he was just looking for reasons for this not to be worth it. He wasn't being real man.

And oh ya, go fuck yourself.

Brass rings

I think you might find kam snaps useful. I used them to attach my buff to my sleeping pad so my pillow wouldn't escape in the middle of the night. Here's an American amazon link, though they are also in Canada too.

In any event, I now have a bazillion of these and am adding snaps to all sorts of things.

Final electrode size is 2.5"x3.5" (6.5cmx8.7cm).

I used aluminum screen instead of steel because that was what our hardware store had in stock. So far aluminum has worked well for me, and I've also not had to deal with any kind of rust.

A friend of mine did the machine sewing (you can tell I'm not a seamster by the first and last picture). She used a white, heavy duty thread.

My experience using them: way nicer than my old sponges, less or almost no tingling/itching/burning. The voltage at the leads was under four volts (ca. 3.8V) at 2mA, and dropped to as low as 2.6V at 1.5mA after running it for a while. This was on bare skin for both electrodes.

Sources:

Lola Sponge Cloths (Amazon)

3/8" Snap Fasteners (Amazon)

You can find different aluminum screen products on Amazon too. I just got mine by the foot at the local hardware store.

Edit: formating, more details

If you are not familiar, KAM Snaps are incredibly versatile and super easy to DIY. The plastic snaps are perfect for tarps due to weight/weather resistance. Add snaps to your doors by yourself!

If you can still return them, do so. If not, grab a set like this from Amazon. Way more than you need for this job, but these things are very handy to have around.
Surepromise Pack of 30 Sets 17mm Poppers + 3 Tool Punch Die Snap Fastener Press Sewing Leather Craft https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01APQ6KI4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_8n-5Ab0312W0S

Also I feel like if you really want the snaps for the liner insert you can easily make your own. You can buy the plastic snap tool and do it. Super easy, I've got one myself. Check it out...
https://www.amazon.com/LIHAO-Pliers-Plastic-Buttons-Crafting/dp/B0734WN4RW/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?keywords=plastic+snap+tool+kit&qid=1557776410&s=gateway&sprefix=plastic+sbap+too&sr=8-2

You sew a layer of fleece to a layer of padding to put them together. If your rats aren't huge fabric destroyers you could clip them down. Binder clips will not work in a Martin's cage. You need curtain clips like this or alligator type clips. They are narrow enough to fit the mesh of the bars.

Another thing I did (if you aren't a sewer) was to get a snap tool (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CZ7CGQG/ was the one I got but there are lots of others)
with plastic snaps and just snap fleece and padding together, then clip it down with the clips.

I don't use fleece in the bottom pan. Tried that in the beginning and it was a disaster. I now use kiln dried aspen or pine. The pan is deep enough they don't kick too much out unless they are being extremely determined that day. :)

Nothing I make is particularly pretty, but it all works. Walmart often has a fabric dump bin of things left from the end of bolts. Their already cheap fleece is even cheaper. I use it for floor mats, hammocks and random scraps for them rats to play with.

Leather I use

Import Vegetable Tan Cowhide... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M27PBG9?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Sewing pony (I highly recommend ha)
360° Rotation Wood Leather Craft... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CBPF6B2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Snaps
Hotop 100 Set Snap Fasteners... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078Z9L2HP?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Glue
Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Leather... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003CD8ZC2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Tool set
Leather Sewing Tools SIMPZIA 24... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XDMB7H5?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Plus...I use a drill press for the holes

They sell sew-in magnetic snaps (for bag closures etc - like this one ) which are round magnets sheathed in plastic or standard magnetic snaps which can have four rings on the outside that you can attach like a hook and bar. The one which has a backing and you push the prongs open, I wouldn't use. In my experience they stress the area you want stressed the least (the hole it's pushed through), and this can cause problems when you pull at the snap to release them.

I wouldn't recommend using tape on the surface, because the snaps are pretty powerful and you could rip the snaps off. But if you want a quick and dirty way of doing it, mark where you want the snaps to go, tape it down and then machine stitch a square around the sew-in.

Here are the rivets I used:

300 Sets 3 Sizes Leather Rivets LANMOK Double Cap Rivet Buttons Press Studs with Pliers and 3 Pieces Fixing Set Tools for Rivets Replacement DIY Craft Repairing Decoration https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F9S7YP4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_YPTBDb2817NW0

It has a few different sizes, and I used most of the super-long ones on this project. The small ones are super-small - "might be to small to be useful for anything," honestly.

Hi, eh?

I bought this kit from Amazon and I LOVE it. My husband said at one point “we don’t have to put snaps on EVERYTHING.” Yes we do by the way lol.

360pcs T5 Plastic Snap Button... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0789DFXKT?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

The colours that come in it are so good! There’s neutrals and big popping colours too. Super happy with it!

I really like the size but I am planning on buying the same bulk kit in slightly smaller snaps. I found these the most versatile size. If I have a second child I want to upcycle some old clothes we have into baby onesies and such.

Are any of these clothes fasteners/clasps/snaps (magnetic and non-magnetic) 1, 2/3, suitable/unsuitable to be used instead of velcro, on FIE whites?

Just get something like this man, you're better off just fixing it yourself

But still ask for that refund... that's not fair you received a broken product

I would fuse a bit of cotton woven inside the hole with fusible webbing on both sides, then install a new KAM snap. Works perfectly, I've done it before. I have a snap press though, and you'd have to buy something like this snap plier kit. If you have a friend who sews cloth diapers, they might have one.

You can sew a regular snap there instead. To take out the the second part of the snap on the other side, you need to take out the post in the middle that looks like a smashed dot, which is what it is. Here are multiple ways to remove a KAM snap, I like the nail clipper method myself.

Maybe a bit dumb idea, but get some snaps, they're basically the same.

Don't know where you live but I'm sure they're easy to come by and cheap AF in some handicraft stores also. Fasten to a belt or shirt or glove or whatever :)

This is the one I use... https://www.amazon.com/KAM-Press-Setter-Plastic-Diapers/dp/B009VL4VOA/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1505955791&sr=8-11&keywords=kam+snaps

I've seen these guys on TV infomercials for instant hemification

Same happened to my girlfriend's AGV K4 helmet. I just bought a pack of metal snap buttons for a few bucks (got a pack of 10 at the local fabric store for a dollar) and put it on. No tools needed, though using a fastening tool is a lot easier on the fingers.

I couldn't find the exact one I use on Amazon (odd...) but the closest I found was this. I think the one from Snap Source works in basically the same way, but has a different shape.