good and ugly

By A C Ranked #28 - Harnesses and Climbing Helmets May 16, 2009

Its a great harness that fits wonderfully but I'm a little worried about its durability.
After 1 or 2 months of moderate use it looked pretty ugly. The fabric is worn down in spots and has small tears in places.
Nothing structural but I hope it stay that way.
Oh, and to be fair moderate use means a whole lot of chimneys to which very little doesn't get abused.

I bought this to replace a mad rock harness that had two gear loops rip out. So its a least better than that POS.

I tried on the Petzl harnesses and found that one I was in between sizes on them so the gear loops ended up being in wierd places and that the rear gear loops are almost all the way in the back. The BD harness has none of these problems for me.

Whatever you do, get a harness with speed type buckles. SO much easier than double backing webbing, especially when you've left your harness outside the tent in the snow and it has frozen. (don't do that)

View Details: Black Diamond Focus Speed Adjust Harness - Men's

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