Casey T.
The grommet is fine with no strap or rope on your sticks. They seem to be designed to lay the sticks flat with nothing between them. You can wrap rope or your cam strap around the sticks but they don't hold together well without something securely holding them together. I use the j-hooks and that works. It would be nice if there was a more secure way they hold together like a twist lock. If you set them into the stand and lift the stand up close to a 90 degree the sticks come out of the grommet. They are more for keeping them quite and lining them up to be strapped down. As long as you strap your sticks tight to the stand they work fine.
