I have tried just about everything, and now I use the red snappers. It is time saving, however they are pretty tight fitting at first, but they seem to be loosening up, or maybe I am getting use to putting them on. You do have to be careful they don't catch on the platform and throw your stitch off, and it is hard to get real close to the edge of the quilt when you are finishing up, but the speed of loading the quilt out weighs those two complaints.