:warning: **WRNING : _We strongly ADVICE AGAINST using this tourniquet in the field until further tests have been done._** :warning:
## 1 - GliaX 3D-printed tourniquet
If you want an actual field-tested tourniquet, please go check out [GliaX/tourniquet](https://github.com/GliaX/tourniquet).
We will use a lot of their testing as comparison, and recommend using the same print settings as them. We also designed our strap and windlass in comparison to theirs : the strap must be as wide or wider, and the windlass must be as thick or thicker (_as they had windlass failure in an earlier version, thus we knew it was a potential weak point_).
Even though the GliaX tourniquet project is an amazing and fully developed project, we still thought that their could be place four our design, as we designed a tourniquet that requires some sawing, but way less than the GliaX design (_as ours is design around the SOF-T design rather than the CAT design_) ; with also less printed parts.
We know our design makes application slightly slower than with a CAT-like tourniquet (like the GliaX tourniquet), but we estimate the difference to be marginal (less than 5 seconds), thus we believe the gain in cost and manufacturing could still make it a viable option in some context.
We have a detailed review of our current performance testing of this tourniquet available at [manual/tests-results.md](./manual/tests-results.md).
If you have the ability to do more lab performance testing, don't hesitate to contact us by email at the address [distorsion@systemli.org](mailto:distorsion@systemli.org), we would be happy to send you a few assembled tourniquet to get testing data !
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