breaking clamps

Lately, I’ve been breaking clamps a lot more than usual. My first year of clamping I never broke a clamp while clamping, but a clamp did break dropping it on some tile floor…it was ready to break however.

I can only get around 30 to 40 sessions out of cable clamp these days, which translates into a little over a month of clamping.

Question…do any guys realize more clamp breaks as they got larger, and do you think a clamp giving in as a sign of doing something right, etc.?

Also, it is the lever or “pressure adjuster,” whatever that thing is called that breaks usually. However, the last clamp that broke, broke in two places…the lever and the actual part of the clamp that locks in with the “teeth.” It made me feel kinda good to break it in two places. Sorta manly, if you know what I mean.

So the big question: is breaking a clamp an positive indicator?

I bought 2 clamps almost 2 years ago, and been using ‘em alot every since without any sign of damage or breakage. I would guess that the manufacturer is probably making them in a different factory to save costs, hence the shittier quality. Or maybe I’m talking nonsense.

I’ve had several clamps break over the last couple years, all of them broke at the ‘teeth’. However, I haven’t kept good enough tract to see on average how many sessions I was getting out of them.

I think most of it just comes from the fact that the clamps aren’t really designed to account for increasing internal outward pressure, and eventually that wears down the strength of the little hook piece that clamps onto the ring, and it snaps.

If anything I’d take it as an indicator that you’ve grown to the point that you don’t need to clamp so tight to get the same pressure, I’ve slowly moved up notches as I’ve seen progress.

I`ve never broke a clamp, but I can see it happening over time.