Yesterday I broke a buckle. One should always carry a spare. Or use tape 
But these things are not kept in the shops any more. The minimum waiting time in Belgium is three weeks. So be sure you have enough spare.
Now I use my last one. I will lubricate the mount and be careful.
Was it due to material fatigue or did you hit anything?
Yeah, supply chain gaps are really pesky and a welcome business opportunity for 
scalpers. 
I am currently waiting for the official MAX2 hard case to become available again in “my neck of the woods”. Sure, I can buy one now for three 
times the MSRP. But, I am certainly not going to give in to scalpers and nobody else should either even if they have the money to do so.
I am rough rider. Maybe I am not a good finger pincher.
But these things break every year or two.
RAM mounts do not, but they do not compare.
Here a birds eye view of my appareil.
If you come visit us in Taiwan, our Gopro stores are all fairly well stocked, and also we have a lot of decent off-brand but compatible equipment in the electronics district. I believe Japan also has good selections in shops like Yodobashi camera. Excuse for a vacation… and to do more mapping 
Yeah right, this makes total economic sense. 
Thanks to the “orange man” trade ships now have to take a “tine-tiny” detour around Cape of Good Hope because the Bab‑el‑Mandeb Strait is no longer safe either. 
Anyone avoiding the Bab‑el‑Mandeb Strait is because of the Houthis firing missles at civlian ships on behalf of Tehran. No doubt Trump can be an idiot, but acting like it’s Trump’s fault Tehran is using a proxy to target civilians is far dumber.
At the Mediamarkt I had not to wait so long for them.
