new harness

[ramanujan]

need a new harness.. have been using a buckingham versatile. tried on a petzl vario and was impressed. has anyone used one?

i'd gladly hear some opinions on harnesses.

i spend about half my time in spurs, half spurless. want just one harness to do it all.

 

[Stumper]

You might want to try a search on this subject -there has been a lot of posting on saddle preferences. I am currently in winter mode-'don't spend money if it can wait'. When things get rolling next spring I plan on getting a New Tribe/Ness Work Saddle. For now the Weaver 1040 is still working okay but I look forward to finding something with less hip-pinch.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Hey, anything wrong with a Versatile? Do you need a splitter to eliminate thigh pinch? Is the seat real hard and tough to sit in all day? What attatch-meant modes did you try? Rolling, split, centered? Worth the bux over Weaver bosun with wideback?

Actually i have been targetting a Versatile somewhere in the back of my head.............

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

This has been asked so many times I merged a few of the older threads together

http://www.ArboristSite.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1158

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I've never heard of any arbos using a Petzl harness as an everyday work harness. Some folks have used it as a light pruning harness or in competition.

Tom

 

[The Climber]

I prefer the traverse over the versatile. You might want to check it out

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

See if you can find someone who carries Blair saddles. Though i guess it depends on what you usualy do in the saddel. Mostly removals, mostly simple pruning, mostly technical pruning with a lot of redirects and multiple TIP...

 

[Rich]

I bought a new saddle at TCI

I have been climbing with a buckingham older style with a floating D, and thought I needed a change so I bought a bought a butterfly and I love it it is comfy. I climb daily and I wish I had bought it earlier.
thanks Rich

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Nope, there is a lot different. I know a couple people climbing on it, who love it. It did not fit me.

The batten and suspenders can be easily removed from whith clips simmilar to the B'ham saddle legstrap connector.