Plastic, brass, stainless leash clips?

I can see I'll be making a dozen or so leashes for rods, lip grips, pliers, tackle, bags, etc., and there is a large selection of clips available.  I can see that for high stress applications metal (brass, stainless?) would be better, but for light duty I'm open to recommendations.

S-biners are great for light duty stuff.

http://www.niteize.com/productdetail.php?category_id=29&product_id=152

A lot of shops carry them including places like REI.

I purchased a few of those stainless S-biners.  Even after I soaked them in my cleaning bucket of fresh water (post ocean excursion) to rinse them good, they still rusted! 

They do work though, and pretty easy to clip and unclip as needed. 

I really like the 100% aluminum car key 'biners.

S-biners are great for light duty stuff.

http://www.niteize.com/productdetail.php?category_id=29&product_id=152

A lot of shops carry them including places like REI.

I use 5 or 6 of these for accessories. One advantage...you can clip at least 4 or 5 onto a single padeye. Brass and plastic also have their place on my yak.

S-biners are great for light duty stuff.

http://www.niteize.com/productdetail.php?category_id=29&product_id=152

A lot of shops carry them including places like REI.

Been wanting to try those out. Thanks for the tip!

Z

I got brass ones.

-Allen

I got brass ones.

-Allen

Brass S-biners? 
Where'd ya find those?

I got brass ones.

-Allen

Brass S-biners? 
Where'd ya find those?

Naw, just standard brass clips from the hardware store.

-Allen

I use the 99 cent aluminum Home Depot carabiners.  I haven't had problems with rust, but haven't had them in the salt.

Brass is good!

There's a reason it's been used on ships for ever.

Yeah, I use plain brass clips from the hardware store too. They see plenty of salt. I just rinse after every trip and hit 'em up with a little liquid wrench every once & a while and they work great.

The seats that came with my used Malibu Two XL were getting kinda green.   I used Tarn-X on them and WOW, they came out shiny clean again.  Then I just put on some car wax to inhibit the next batch of growth.

the Ghetto guy uses a cheap ass aluminum fish stringer with the clips removed and cheap ass chain tossed out.
 not for any large stress, but lightweight things will not leave the Yak. Yoy get 6-8 clips with every $5 stringer.

I use brass clips and aluminum 'biners, too. I've been surprised at how long the cheap AL has held up. I thought they would be trashed in 1 season.

I'm leery of plastic because it doesn't take impacts very well.

Thanks!

How about cordage?  1/8" for general leashes or smaller?