small harnesses

[Craig Johnson]

the best 'small' harness are the the hightec 'treehopper' and 'treebee' and also singing rock 'timber'

[Steve Bullman]

have you climbed in the treebee craig?

[Craig Johnson]

have you climbed in the treebee craig?

 

not in anger, i find that both the high tec harness have too low a balance point for me, more so on the hopper, may be better for a girl as there point of balance is lower, but what do i know

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

I have a Treemagineers. I have a 32-34" waist. And there load of adjustment. Have even got my misses in it. and she is built like a rake. In my View the best harness out there..

 

could'nt agree more. love the tree motion.

[Laz]

Just noticed I mentioned the Nobel peace prize - thats funny!

 

It was of course the Nobel Prize for medicine, and the research was heavily relied upon in the Oration.

[Linda]

Hi Laz

 

Thanks for your lengthy reply. I will make one last post to you on this thread as I think our posts has given good food for thought and might not be taken any further. And I can't be bothered to keep defending myself to somebody who seem to want the last word always!!

 

"I would be interested in reading the research behind TreeFlex, has it been peer reviewed and published anywhere? Or could you pm it to me please?"

 

REPLY - That would be very convenient for you but very inconvenient for us - Our knowledge is proprietary information reserved for the sole purpose of our clients. But it is based on principles and practice that is well established and predominantly ignored. Some of the scientific research and reasoning was heavily relied on for work that resulted in a nobel peace prize. Unfortunately, it didn’t lend itself to the powers that be, in a way that they could profit from readily – the status quo remains. That is changing as MSDs become more recognised as the single biggest factor affecting health, safety and general well being (occupational or recreational).

 

So how would I know your harness was a good buy, should I just believe the salesperson without any proof?

 

"Now for the first time we are seeing some changes to that mentality, largely thanks to the rising number of women involved in tree climbing competitions, both on and off stage, giving women in the industry a higher profile, making them “worth investing in”.

 

REPLY - There is little change to the ‘mentality’. Yes, more women involved in arboriculture is a good thing. But the investment you speak of is purely marketing. It will apply itself to what women want. But that may have little to do with what women actually need. The tree climbing competitions are at least as far removed from real industry needs of women as they are for men.

 

What I meant with the comps was not the competing because we all know that is not the way we would do it at work, what I meant was the getting together and networking that would not occur at this scale was it not for these championships.

 

 

Good luck.

 

Not quite sure what this refers to, but I'm not expecting an answer.

 

Over and out

 

Linda

[Laz]

"So how would I know your harness was a good buy, should I just believe the salesperson without any proof?"

 

Its what you have to do with every other harness, and with little understanding of the design team's credentials.

 

Good luck - with your understanding of proper human use; we've explained enough about it over the past 5 years to know this isn't a good medium.