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Started 1 year ago by Aidas Rygelis
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Aidas Rygelis
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Simple,
what harness do you use for setting/why?

I set 60ft walls at our gym pretty much everyday and after doing 2 or 3 my legs are begging for relief. Sometimes I'll find blood blisters have formed from skin being pinched on my thighs ...other times its not so bad.
I've been using a Black Diamond Aspect for setting.
The waist band is great. The leg loops are terrible. In the past like..5 months I've worn through the padding and they're pretty much just webbing loops now.
I bought it because of its versatility (fully adjustable, ice clipper slots, good gear loops, haul loop) but am pretty disappointed.

Currently top contenders to replace this harness are:
The BD big gun
Petzl Sama
something from yates.

Thoughts?

Posted 1 year ago #
erikpholmes
Member

I made a seat using a 2x6 and cord and it works great. It takes all the presure off your legs so your feet don't go numb.

Posted 1 year ago #
acorneau
Member

I got myself a Misty Mountian Cadillac in March and have been really happy with it.

I wanted something that was comfortable for setting in the gym and had plenty of gear loops for trad gear, which the Caddy has 6 of.

Others I considered: Yates Astroman or Shield, BD Big Gun, Metolius Waldo, Wild Country Syncro (my previous harness was a WC Helios), and maybe a few more I can't think of right now.

I highly recommend you check out the Misty line of harnesses before you make a decision.

Posted 1 year ago #
LoneWolfe
Member

We use BD big guns, which have 6 gear loops, 2 belay loops, an ice tool "holster" and plenty of padding. They aren't used daily, so I can't say how well they stand up to heavy abuse. My only gripe is that it's a real pain to adjust the butt-straps in the back, so if someone changes their length (these are shared among setters in the gym) then the leg loops are droopy. If it's your personal harness though, you should only have to do that adjustment once.

Making a seat is a pretty sweet idea . . . I wonder if anyone has ever tried to rig a crazy-creek chair in that way?

Posted 1 year ago #
Kaleb Thomas
Member

Metolius Safetech Waldo

6kn riser straps, 10kn gear loops

Posted 1 year ago #
climbingholdreview
Member

I second Kaleb's suggestion
The mens deluxe is also pretty good one as well

Posted 1 year ago #
Herman
Member

I use the Petzl navaho sit.

In fact it is a big improvement.

But if you a attach a podium to the attachment loop it is GREAAAAT.
In fact you really sit on the seat and the Harness is only as a backup.

http://www.petzl.com/en/pro/verticality/harnesses/work-positioning-and-fall-arrest-harnesses/navaho-sit

http://www.petzl.com/en/pro/verticality/harnesses/harnesses-difficult-access/podium

So my advice: after buying a impact spend € 100 on a Podium Seat.

My next advice would be to buy a 2 meters of 6 mm cord, a clamcleat (saling device) and a fifi hook. grat for positioning
See 0:43 of this movie:
http://competitie.climbing.nl/images/2007/24uur.rm

Posted 1 year ago #
Herman
Member

here is how to use the clamcleat device:
http://www.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-31755506130963_2102_99169725&imgrefurl=http://www.greenboatstuff.com/claltrandvac.html&usg=__wEBoOpRKaJSBd4r0wvzvgD6VTiU=&h=146&w=180&sz=10&hl=nl&start=106&sig2=ddy5D0VHV_Wkblkzk69hmA&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Mb4oM6K2TKf2nM:&tbnh=82&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dclamcleat%26start%3D100%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dnl%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4GGLG_nlNL315NL315%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=0IgaTOOZJuKHOJbXzaAK

Posted 1 year ago #
shawd01
Member

I use a tree climbing saddle from New Tribe works awesome, I can hang in it for hours with very little pain in my legs... I set on a 50ft wall.
http://www.newtribe.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=32&osCsid=ed31483080632eb5ebd7ab1dfb11938c

Posted 1 year ago #
Molly Beard
Member

The tree harness looks pretty amazing! I've seen an arguably comfier version from Petzl....but I am a tried and true Metolius Waldo addict. That thing rocks...like a barcalounger, but better.

Posted 1 year ago #
Vincent
Member

oh that tree harness looks nice .. the next better thing would be setting from a hammock.

Posted 1 year ago #
Brannon
Member

This is the harness (or saddle as they are called to linemen and such) that I got for ropes course work and adapted for routesetting.

It weighs in at 14lbs. and the cost is a bit much, but after hanging for several hours you will know here that extra money went.

Buckingham has lots of gear for linemen and arborists that work GREAT for "professional" climbing gigs.

The Petzl harness is an incredible option too.

Posted 1 year ago #
powerhousebum
Member

Another vote for the Waldo. If you need something else on a harness for route setting your doing it wrong.

Posted 1 year ago #
Dan ULI
Member

I've had my Waldo for a year now (out of 3 years setting) and am not looking back. I set in 65 ft silos that can take a few hours to set with no problems outside of sweat this time of year. Mobility is only slightly limited considering the 5.5 inch loops and belt. The two belay loops come in handy for positioing while working on a roof or a traversing section. I've also heard good things about the big gun and yates shield.

Posted 1 year ago #
Vincent
Member

We call this the "Lazy Boy" ....

Posted 1 year ago #
tyson
Member

Petzl all day

all day comfort, every day.

Posted 1 year ago #
Aaron Gibson
Member

Metolius Waldo. Can't beat the gear sling strength.

Posted 1 year ago #
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