Quote Originally Posted by DeltaNu1142 View Post
This is my first experience with titanium split rings, so I'm not calling out Dutch's specifically. I put them on 1/2" and 1" Beastee-Ds. I did the 1" first, and after the ring split stayed open on the first attempt, I installed the rest as quickly as possible to try not to bend them. On the four 1/2" rings I put them on, they all went back to original shape. On both 1" Beastee-Ds, their "split" widened a bit after installation.

Maybe they've got some memory that'll return them to their original shape after some time in the stuff sack. I considered applying heat to them for maybe two seconds before imagining my tarp in melty scraps of silpoly.
Okay, that makes sense. I was thinking of just attaching the rings to the grosgrain on my tarp. So that won’t be an issue. I thought you meant they were deforming the other way. Like turning from a circle to an ellipse or whatever shape they tend to make from the tension put on the line.