Has anyone tried this harness?

[stihlmadasever]

Looks like an immitation petzl avao harness,and those are really shite!

[jones]

I ordered this one, will let you know how I get on with it

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351644326734?clk_rvr_id=1332299355420&rmvSB=true

[Khriss]

Looks like a copy of the Petzel AVAO I prefer, at £54 u can't go wrong my Petzel was £85 ( ROMANIAN )  I find my light and way less saggy,  k

[Khriss]

On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 14:54, stihlmadasever said:

Looks like an immitation petzl avao harness,and those are really shite!

Aye ! I love mine ! Tho I am slender build, bigger blokes may struggle with them, k

[stihlmadasever]

48 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Aye ! I love mine ! Tho I am slender build, bigger blokes may struggle with them, k

Tried one couple of years back before i got my komet butterfly,bloody awful...nut smasher.

Everyone different though..

Maybe ive just got massive nuts

[Khriss]

Actually Stihlmadasever,  I used to love those komets but quality went down n price went up ! K

[stihlmadasever]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

Actually Stihlmadasever,  I used to love those komets but quality went down n price went up ! K

Sorry mate the way i wrote that last post does sound like im rubbishing the butterfly when its the avao i was talking about.

I liked the komet butterfly,probably the best harness ive had,lasted about 3 years too.And yeah i think the quality of some kit has stalled or even declined while the prices increase,manufacturers gettin lazy imo

[Khriss]

Stihlmadasever- yup. An its no wonder ! the Chinese are in our arb market an stuff getting better every year , its just another business to them - an dont go on - cos we use their computers n chips every day - world has turned , K

[ArborClimber]

I'm all for going for a bargain when i see one, but when I started climbing about 8/9 years ago, I was young, dumb and broke, so got a Petzl Navaho, now Aveo I think, and hated it. I had to use it for a few years, and hated it every day. Uncomfortable in every way.
Save your pennies mate, and get a decent harness, your legs, back, hips, and nether regions will thank you...

[Stephen Blair]

It's easy to say, it's not the 1, just buy a better 1. If you don't have the funds ( not saying the OP doesn't) saving up for kit can take years!

I remember trying to make spikes out of BT foot things off an old pole! I never had a harness, I used gpo rope from belt loop to belt loop on my work trousers and climbed in chainsaw wellies and those heavy chaps!

The thought of trying to buy spikes at £180 back in 1997 wasn't an option for me.

I remember borrowing a fall arrest from work( cleaning boat ladders on coal tankers) and taking the fall thing off the back and clipping it through the harness, I just tied big knots either side of the emergency safety thing so it wouldn't pop out.

Was it right, no but it got a couple of easy jobs out the way and stopped me wrapping my legs round limbs while working a saw tied to 30ft of blue polyprop.

Old school mountaineers used rope for a harness!

That harness looked ok, might snag your baws a bit but nothing like a sqished testicle to make you rethink your chosen career [emoji4]