Which harness?

[mazzer]

Hi guys going to buy my first harness in a couple of weeks.Thinking of buying a treemotion just wanted to know how other users get on with them and how comfy it is. Any comments/suggestions welcome!

[Mozza]

Have a read of this mate, Might give you some good info

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/6346-harness-buy.html

[taffupatree]

as mozza said read that thread first........try and get a sit/play about in a range of harnesses because everybody is different.plus its a lot of money to get one and then decide you dont like it

[Ian C]

Try before you buy, i use a treemotion but what is good for me might not be for you, go to a shop and try one on, some shops have a rope rigged up so you can have a "climb" in the harness frst.

[combined tree services]

i really woulg go and try several harneses on if i were you , i bought a ptezel when they verry first came into the tree world and to be honest i wish a had not bought it , it was not comfy , had no sliding d and gave verry little suppore oh and was not comfy when using spikes and strop to chog down a stem , i then when out a tried several harnesses including a weaver , willians, cresto , commet butterfly and tree austria 1 i found the butterfly1 i found the butterfly about the best for me so bought it and got on really well with it and once it had worn out i went strait out and bought the butterfly2 and within 6 months i was getting back pain and the harness was becomming more and more uncomfortable to climb in so i tried a tree majic for a few monthst and found that to be just as bad so i then went and tried on as many different harnesses as i could untill i found one that suited me which was the skylotec i have been climbing in it for about two years and its now looking like time to get a new harness , so do i go out and get the new skylotec when it finally comes out of do i try several harnesses again and see whats best ?? i think i will try a few on untill i find one that suits me

[Arborist]

Ive got a treemotion and love it, the only down side is when the black strech cord gets caught and twangs you on the arse!

[john dawson]

yeah, basicaly youve just got to try as many different ones as you can. i tend to be quite lucky in that i get decent ones every time, just cus i try them out first. iv heard nowt but good stuff about the treemotion, but i love my treeflex too much to let it go! il look at one when my treeflex needs replacing, but im not in a hurry and there will probably be an even better one on the market by then.