Harness weight limits

[RobArb]

When people buy a new harness do they take weight limits into play?

 

for example i've just been watching a video on the treemotion and it says there is a 220lb weight limit which is only just under 16 stone?

 

Are there many heavy climbers out there? i'm only 14st myself but it does make you think:001_huh:

[redmoosefaction]

:biggrin:Come on all you FB's I think you need to tell us who you are:biggrin:

[treequip]

:biggrin:Come on all you FB's I think you need to tell us who you are:biggrin:

 

A shade over 15 stone

 

 

Pass me the pies:001_tt2:

[Ian Flatters]

Shade over 28 stone still climb everyday just having lunch in my pic forgot i had my hard hat on:lol:

[Nick B]

Now that's what you call a cheese burger

[Mesterh]

How can it have a weight limit that low?

 

I thought the buckles and webbing is rated far higher than even a really,really big fat person.

[Rupe]

How can it have a weight limit that low?

 

I thought the buckles and webbing is rated far higher than even a really,really big fat person.

 

It is all rated much higher than that but will have a WLL of one person, which is often described as 100kg or 220Lbs.

[Rupe]

So it probably has a MBS of say 30kn. Which using a 10:1 safety factor gives you 300kgs. But its intended for one person so its WLL is one person, and for easy figures that is described as 100kgs, which if converted to american is 220lbs

 

It does not mean that someone 105kgs cant use it.

[Mesterh]

Ah right cheers.

 

So its more of an industry standard model thingy.

[Rupe]

Just to be certian I checked what 220 Lbs is, and its 99.79 Kgs so thats all it is, using the 100kgs definition and converting it to pounds.