i use one of the locking Sherrill spreader snaps.
i had used one of the non-locking ones for years, i have gotten twisted around where one leg came open 2x in about 6 years, so i had asked Sherrill about a locking one several times. Then The Christmas Tobe, answered my prayers one year and they had put a locking style one that is great in their toy catalouge of their candy store. Then also, they started carrying BugEyez too after asking a few times! Just another reason i am such a Sherrill fan.
Without the splitter i get a lot of pinch on my thighs, i really need it, i don't see how bigger guys live without it, if i get that kind of pinch! i like the lack of pinch and bringing both lines to one center point rather than one to each Front D person-ally.
But, i think that JP is right (don't tell him!); and have been waiting for a chance to get to a Vermeer dealer to try diffrent saddles to dispense with this, the heaviest gear item on my saddle after my guys rinsed my last belt in gas! i am using an olde belt, until then.
Ummmmmm, wait a minute, i thought i was the most sarc-ass-sick Lil'Mo'Fo hear, or did you really think i was gone that easy?