It's like HD TV for the first time

By Brock Fisher Ranked #93 - Men's Harnesses May 4, 2011

This is why Arc'teryx is who they are today. This harness is great, its light, comfortable and looks bad ass.

this harness is like HD Television. For people who have never experienced HD Television all they will tell you is "Oh i don't need that, its silly, there is nothing wrong with standard def television... blah blah blah." But of course eventually they come over watch the hockey game and next thing you know you go over to their house and unannounced to you they went out got a big television and and signed up for HD TV and then start preaching to YOU about the greatness of it as if you were the one who never had it.

Sure a normal Harness will get the job done but when a harness like this comes out there is no reason to settle when you could be in a light weight comfortably designed harness that had thought put into its design. Other companies add pads to make their harness' "comfortable" but it has a flip side because now if your out doing some good ol' climbing in the nice summer sun you now have yet another piece of equipment that smells just as ripe as your hockey pads and should probably just stay in the same bag.

Arc'teryx Saw that pads really weren't solving the "problem" with harnesses and started over and came out with a really great idea and have made an excellent harness that will get you up and down anything you can think of.

Now all that being said I do have one problem and a lot of it has to do with me being 6'1 and 190 pounds. If you take a nasty lead fall or are belaying someone who just took a nasty lead fall you might find that the auto lock device allowed some the belt out. Its not enough to cause alarm but if your consecutively taking falls just check to make sure your not falling out of your harness.

Arc'teryx obviously realized

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