A few Weaver Cougar questions

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Well, as it turns out, the Master's just wasn't quite me. When I went to the ISA Trade Show, I was able to try on the Sequoia and the Cougar, along with a few others, along with hanging from them. After much thought, I am going to purchase the Cougar. From talking with Rich H at the show, along with listening too some other climbers there, I understand the Cougar is an excellent saddle for the price. My after trying it on and reading about it, I had one or two quick questions.

1. Can the bridge be replaced?? From what I understand, the design is basically almost the same as the Glide.
2. On Rich's Cougar, the extra leg strap could be Velcroed or secured up against the leg loops. Is this standard or an extra.

Thanks everyone!!
 
what didn't you like about the master?

im not sure about the cougar, but i know my buddy loves the glide, and yes, the bridge can be replaced on the glide. I tried my buddies glide and after being in the BFII for almost 3 years it seemed to heavy, although i mostly prune, on the larger removals i have done, i would like to be able to add suspenders to keep the darn BFII up. I know you can add them to the glide and am almost positive same goes for the cougar.

I also like how you can clip into the bridge rings for fixed attachment points. This doesn't really seem to work for me with the BFII; It can, but something about it doesn't feel right.

I would say overall, for the money and if your not concerned about weight, the cougar will be be a good saddle and will last much longer then the light weight saddles.

hope this was helpful
 
Thanks. Really, the Master overall is a great saddle. But's it's just a bunch of little things, plus the Cougar felt way more comfortable to me. Stuff like the cinch belt is ok, but when you go to remove the harness, it's a real hassel. Another thing was the side D-Rings. They would not stay in place, and they would flip back. I don't know if the Glide has that problem or not. Do you know??

Also, that was my other question, can you clip into the rings on the Cougar??
 
The Sequoia SRT harness has the center attachment point on the waist belt for a Croll. The Cougar doesn't look SRT friendly, at least if you want to set up an SRT tree frog or ropewalker system. You can always jug on the Cougar (as on any climbing harness). The thing is, if you try climbing on a tree frog system you'll never want to jug again and you'll be looking for a harness with a center attachment.
-moss
 
A quick question for everyone here. I was just comparing the Glide 2 to the Cougar and noticed how similar they are, but I was suprised at the price difference. The Cougar costs $200 from Wesspur, where the Glide costs $325. Any ideas why?? Is the Glide better than the Cougar in design, comfort, etc. I know I've sat in the Glide before and it is a nice saddle. Just trying to figure out why it costs more. Thanks!!
 
I would go with the Cougar, it just makes sense.


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Just bought a Cougar, and climbed in it. I LOVE this saddle!!! So comfortable! Keep in mind I have only climbed in Weaver saddle, but I tried a Sequoia and just didn't like how I sat in it. I also had issue with it holding up to the day to day production.

It's comfy and built like a Weaver! Cant beat the price either.
 
I don’t own a cougar, but I visited the Weaver factory in OH to inspect &amp; “try” one.
Very NICE facility !

They let me hang from a ceiling beam, &amp; I “climbed” a building pillar.

When asked, the fabrication superv. showed me how to replace the bridge.

Here goes from memory:

The rope bridge has 2 very large eyes that are girth hitched to the 2 rings.
Each ring has 2 pieces of webbing that secure it to the saddle at the waist &amp; the leg loop.

The shorter webbing (to leg loop) is permanently stitched to the ring.
Disassemble the leg loop, &amp; remove it from the shorter ring webbing.

The longer ring webbing goes thru the ring &amp; is buckled into the waist belt.
Disassemble this longer webbing at the buckle, &amp; pull it out of the ring.

This leaves 1 of 2 rings (w/ the short webbing) free.
The ring (w/ the short webbing) is pulled out of the rope bridge girth hitch (very large eye).
A ring can be threaded on at this point.

To replace the bridge, the other ring (w/ the short webbing) also needs to be freed, obviously.
 
I just came home to a freshly delivered cougar. I had the bridge off, my rings added and all put back together in about 10 minutes.
That is with taking each strap off individually and putting it back together to make sure I knew what I was doing. I have never had a saddle like this so it was a first time for me.
It was very easy.
I am looking forward to breaking it in.
 
Nice info Greg. Thanks a lot. I got a hold of weaver and they said they have a video coming out, mabe next month. Gotta love the customer service!
 
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