General Tools 1265 Snap Fastener Kit with 6 Fasteners

This worked like a charm and was very easy to use.

This is a simple and effective kit. You need a hammer and that is about it. If you are doing a repair, you need a drill to get out the old rivet. Simple from there. Good value. I installed on a snow suit, so pretty thick fabric. Seems to work and hold well enough.

Only needed a few snaps to repair a robe so this packagewas just right. Installation was tedious, had to be on a hard surfaceand somehow manage to get the components in place held securelythen be able to hit the installation tool precisely while holding everythingsteady!! Managed to get the job done but only after destroying a few of the snaps.If there is a next time, I will get the package with the tool that looks like a pair of pliers.

While every kit I found had the backing on the button part of the snap with open slots, this kit has a solid back on it's buttons. Trust me, the buttons with slotted backs require way more repairs than this one because of the weakness the slots create.

I am very pleased with this product. For the $7 or $8 that I paid for this snap replacement kit, I was able to save an $80 pair of insulated cargo pants. The most difficult part of the job was removing the old snap from the pants. You will need a drill and some bits, also a block of wood to serve as a work surface. A small hammer, some pliers too. I actually like the replacement snap better than the snap that came with the pants. I still have 5 snaps remaining in the kit for future use. This product is 100% worth it and an excellent value.

The product seems to work okay, but its difficult to properly hammer together. Net time I will spend the extra on the vice grip like tool for installing these. It does, however, do the job.

I just used this kit to add 4 snaps to the gussets of my $1500+ Langlitz motorcycle jacket. I never liked the way that the gussets just hung out so I added snaps.This kit had almost everything I needed besides a hole punch for the leather. I used the #4 setting on the leather punch and took a deep breath and punched a hole in a jacket I had waited nearly 6 months to get. The snaps were the easy part. Putting them together ahead of time made things go faster and prevented mistakes as the parts are slightly confusing. I put 4 snaps on my jacket in under a 1/2 hour and I have near zero leather working experience at all.Some tips. Hammer a little at a time. I was concerned that the snaps would come off the thick cowhide of my jacket so the first snap I put on I hammered the heck out of it and punched the tabs right through the snap. Hold everything in place and hammer a little and then check. You will need something solid under the anvil. I used a dumbell that was easy to get inside my jacket for the hammering process.The snaps themselves are very strong and don't come unsnapped without a good bit of effort. This is what I wanted. On a side note the snaps match nearly perfectly the existing snaps on my jacket. I opted for the silver snaps rather than the standard brass ones to match the chrome on my Harley.These snaps work well for thick leather. I ordered the thick cowhide option for my jacket and the advisor on the phone said "you will never break this jacket in". He was right for the most part but these snaps had absolutely no problem getting through the really thick leather.

I fixed a pair of almost new shorts that had a snap that wouldn't stay snapped, also some patio chair cushion straps that the velcro had disintegrated. Worked well for all of my purposes. The key is to have a solid surface to use with the setting tool. The kit includes the setting tool and base and requires a hammer to set each side. If you don't have it flat and on something very hard and firmly placed, the set will fail. For portable installation, I use the tower from a jack stand, which is heavy iron and flat, but anything heavy and flat will work as a setting platform. If you can get the two sides supported by a solid base, then the hammer and set kit work great. Also works fine on concrete. One more tip: You don't need to kill it. Just a few firm taps will set the snap. These snaps perform well if properly set. I am buying more.