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- Thread starter Aerial Traveler
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Never content with platitudes and generalizations, I bought one.
I’m 6’, 195 lbs, 34”x32” pants on me for reference.
Fits like a corset. Looks wide and stiff, feels wide and stiff.
High belt is pretty comfy and easy to adjust.
Adjusting the dee rings forward and back is cool.
Stepping through the leg loops is a pain. With raingear and stuff on? Forget about it.
All your tool holders and webbing loops are on the small of your back. I like to carry my handsaw on my right side. No provision for that. All your doo-dads are gonna be around 5 o’clock to 7 o’clock. (The same design flaw on my Camp Tree Access Evo, btw).
Low center of gravity, for sure. You have some adjustments in how the bridge rides, but when you sit, your legs carry 100% of your weight, that big back belt does nothing.
The bridge is just odd. I’d probably replace their single piece of line (and it’s big crown knot) with two separate bridges immediately, if I were to use this... which I won’t be.
This might be a nice setup for someone who stands in spurs and on a flipline for long periods of time? I’m not that guy.
Or maybe someone with an extremely long torso?
I’m 6’, 195 lbs, 34”x32” pants on me for reference.
Fits like a corset. Looks wide and stiff, feels wide and stiff.
High belt is pretty comfy and easy to adjust.
Adjusting the dee rings forward and back is cool.
Stepping through the leg loops is a pain. With raingear and stuff on? Forget about it.
All your tool holders and webbing loops are on the small of your back. I like to carry my handsaw on my right side. No provision for that. All your doo-dads are gonna be around 5 o’clock to 7 o’clock. (The same design flaw on my Camp Tree Access Evo, btw).
Low center of gravity, for sure. You have some adjustments in how the bridge rides, but when you sit, your legs carry 100% of your weight, that big back belt does nothing.
The bridge is just odd. I’d probably replace their single piece of line (and it’s big crown knot) with two separate bridges immediately, if I were to use this... which I won’t be.
This might be a nice setup for someone who stands in spurs and on a flipline for long periods of time? I’m not that guy.
Or maybe someone with an extremely long torso?
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Thanks seems to be about everything I thought it would be. Too bad the potential seems there.
- Location
- Nationwide
yeah, I had really high hopes.
DumpyMcDoodleface
New member
- Location
- My house
That's funny I think I had the same conclusion as you from a completely different perspective though. I'm not huge, but pretty stocky at 6'/ 36"/230ish so I was picturing someone in the high 40's being huge (in an out of shape way, or at least in terms of tree climbing). But looking at those photos, my first thought was if he's 44 at the waist, he must be huge! Like he doesn't appear to be proportioned much differently than me.
@oldoakman how tall are you?
JeffGu
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Osceola, Nebraska
He's roughly the size of a bear.
SomethingWitty
Arkansawyer
- Location
- LR
A large black bear. Maybe a small grizzly.
Best I recall, I didn't even come to his shoulder and I'm 5'10"
6 and a half?
Thank you, I resemble that remark.
6'4". High, wide and thick.
Somehow I missed these posts.
@Travor is spending time in one.
I would not buy Weaver, personally. Just putting you all in touch...
- Location
- Austin, TX
I have one. I don’t climb much anymore but my limited experience has left me unimpressed.
Cons: can’t open leg loops completely, so you have to loosen them way open to get in and out, but the adjustment still takes two hands to push webbing through (maybe it will break in?)
Belt buckles above my navel and feels too high. When wearing a jacket, it overlaps half the saddle.
Looks like a double bridge, but the way it’s tied means you can’t really use the two sides separately.
I haven’t yet gotten all the straps tight enough that it doesn’t try to fall down around my knees when I’m not on a rope.
Belt is integral, so you can’t pull it out and add new hooks or rings. It does allow use of a caritool or similar, but I never got into that habit.
Pro: once I’m tied in and hanging, it’s pretty comfortable. They say the leather will eventually conform to my body, so maybe it will feel better when it’s broken in.
If I bought again tomorrow, I’d sooner go back to my Sierra Moreno Ultralight.
Cons: can’t open leg loops completely, so you have to loosen them way open to get in and out, but the adjustment still takes two hands to push webbing through (maybe it will break in?)
Belt buckles above my navel and feels too high. When wearing a jacket, it overlaps half the saddle.
Looks like a double bridge, but the way it’s tied means you can’t really use the two sides separately.
I haven’t yet gotten all the straps tight enough that it doesn’t try to fall down around my knees when I’m not on a rope.
Belt is integral, so you can’t pull it out and add new hooks or rings. It does allow use of a caritool or similar, but I never got into that habit.
Pro: once I’m tied in and hanging, it’s pretty comfortable. They say the leather will eventually conform to my body, so maybe it will feel better when it’s broken in.
If I bought again tomorrow, I’d sooner go back to my Sierra Moreno Ultralight.
