About: I've been tinkering and building things since I was very young. The hobby continues on!

As winter rolled around, I got tired of slipping on icy pavement while getting to and from classes. I looked at purchasing a pair of inexpensive crampons, but the product reviews for most of them complained of the rubber pieces snapping. The nicer ones used spikes instead of chains, and I wanted something more low-profile.

Essentially, I wanted crampons that were:

Inexpensive to make low profile and without spikes, so that if I accidentally walked inside with them they would not scratch the floor Easy and quick to slip on and off so that I could effectively use them to get to and from class without being late because I had to put on crampons.

So, I set out to make my own to meet my needs. I looked at a few instructables (and even attempted to make a few a while back, those weren't my best instructables) and came up with an even better design that combines these two instructables:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Backpack-Cargo-Ne...

https://www.instructables.com/id/No-Cost-Crampons/

The finished crampons cost me nothing to make, and work great!