Ratchet Strap Holder

Ratchet straps have a very high Barrel of Monkeys Coefficient.   I tend to spend more time untangling them than actually hooking them up and using them.   This organizer fixes that, making it easy to wind and store them.

• Ratchet and short end hook go inside with a cover that snaps on, together they form a spool.

• You can then easily wind the rest of the strap around the spool part.

• Finally you can snap a retaining hoop in place that keeps the strap from unwinding.

• 3 Of these holders fit on a standard long pegboard peg

Victorian Stereoscope meets strap spool. I really like using these, and now getting out a few ratchet straps to take a load to the dump is easy.

Prints fine in both PLA and PETG.  If you're going to keep it in your car I suggest PETG since car interiors can get really hot.  Everything prints with no supports/standard settings.  

I guess if you wanted to put a few extra perimeters into the base in the area where the hoop clips in you could, but I haven't had any issues so far.

I noticed that with short straps the thickness of the wound on strap is lower, so the hoop doesn't actually contact the wound-on-strap. That makes it not lock in place very well.   So I provide a different hoop for shorter straps.  It has a wider lower wall.

In the V5 of these, I only had 1 hole to put these on a pegboard peg, but that made it so you could accidentally put the lid on backward, and you're have to reverse it.  So I switched to 2 holes.  It's still best if the reel part of the ratchet is positioned at the end of the holder that has the slot.  Just so you're not blocking the peg board peg.

I did a lot of revs to get this right. I guess this is my holiday gift to everyone.  Enjoy!