I've thought about fasteners for the lids from time to time but haven't gone beyond that - these stories, however, are getting my attention. I installed stainless steel spring loaded stops in my bimini so that I could disassemble the tubes but not have them come apart when I didn't want them to. I've seen larger versions that might do the job on the lids. Push the button in and the lid will open but it will stay shut if the button isn't depressed. They just might fit in the hollow under the rolled lip of the storage compartment. (The button has to pass through the base and the lid.) The job will require drilling through the front of the lid and the first layer of the cockpit under the closed lid - then securing the fastener through the hole from the underside. The buttons do not protrude much and wouldn't snag my hairy legs like hasps can - and except for perhaps really violent shaking while Carol II is lying on her side or turned turtle (can't believe I'm even thinking such things!) they would hold the lid shut. If it gets violent enough to shake the lid open I deserve to lose whatever was in the bin for being out in that weather. Stan M-15, #177, Carol II