This has been my EDC bottle for the last year and a half. A few months ago I noticed that the strap that holds the small lid on had begun to wear through and a few days ago it broke. The lids still function as they should, just the smaller one is no longer attached when it’s open. I didn’t see much point in purchasing a new one so I decided to repair it instead.
There were two options available for repairing this lid: Cut the green cap retainer down and run a piece of paracord through it for retention or remove the retainer and attach the paracord directly to the cap. I tried cutting the retainer down first but realized it fit’s the form of the top of the lid behind the cap and wouldn’t work. It may have been alright if I inverted the retainer on the cap but I decided against that too as the knot in the paracord may still be too big for it. I kept the larger ring of the retainer under the main lid and cut it down so there would be no protrusions.
I removed the retainer and experimented with normal and gutted paracord. I could’ve gotten a tighter knot with the gutted paracord but it didn’t feel like it had the same hold as the non-gutted piece. If it ever slipped off, it would be more difficult to reattach the gutted cord again.
The non-gutted cord was looped around the gap where the retainer attached to the cap and tied with two overhand knots followed by another knot that I honestly don’t know the name of and then it was sealed with a lighter.
I wanted extra strength so I melted a small piece of scrap paracord into the entire knot assembly. It doesn’t look pretty but should hold for awhile.
Lastly I tied the other end of the cord to the finger loop/handle on the main lid with a slipknot. This allows me to adjust the length of the cord to better suit how I hold the cap out of the way when I’m drinking from the bottle.
With these repairs, I don’t imagine the lids should be much of an issue for the foreseeable future.
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