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I'm going to buy a new safety harness for this season.I've narrowed it down between the Summit Seat of the Pants, and one of the newer HSS vest set ups.I'm looking for something quick and easy to get in and out of, and that is comfortable.I'm leaning a little towards the SOP, but the idea of the vest is appealing too.Opinions from guys that have used either is appreciated.
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I use the Summit one Seat of the Pants, it's light and it works (my favorite), I have been looking at the new HSS Ultra light one (the old ones are too heavy).
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I have no complaint on my HSS vest but have not used an SOP to compare.
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HSs vest. simple to use,for sure. I;ve used SOP harnesses, and prefer the vest by far. Best Ive ever used. No untangling harnesses.
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Muddy Outdoors has the best harness I have used, impossible to tangle, so light you don't know it is there, and with the supplied linesman rope you can use it to climb or set stands also. A big plus is absorbs little water at all.
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I've been using a SOP harness for several years now, but no matter how hard I try the straps always need untangling to put it on. This year I'm going with the Muddy harness which I bought from a fellow TG'er.
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I have both, and you would probably be happy with either. I wear the HSS vest in warm weather over a t shirt, and the SOP in colder weather over or under my wool. I like the SOP tether system much better.
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Quick and easy isn't always safe. Yes, the HSS vest is easier, BUT the older HSS leg straps anchor in the front-middle instead of the sides. A Front-middle anchor will split your legs in two (or you will think it did if you experience a fall in it) instead of transfering the weight of your fall to your buttocks and thighs (the biggest muscles/bones in your body) where you want that force to go.
The newer HSS's are anchored on the side (good), BUT get the model that has a strap across the chest to hold the shoulder straps together (and on your shoulders) in a forward-head-first fall. A F-H-F-Fall w/o a chest strap will peel that harness right off your shoulders and off your waist/legs like pulling a sock off your foot (not good). The SOP is a great harness (I love my original model), is harder to use, light wt., and has the leg straps properly designed, BUT no chest strap (I added one to improve mine). The Muddy has both features, side-anchor leg straps, and a chest strap. Buy the Muddy, if you're not comfortable with an added-on chest strap.
No harness is designed to prevent you from injury, but the goal is to keep you alive. The harnesses with the best designs may let you walk again, the others won't, if you live through it.
A good harness is cheap insurance, buy the best design and use it properly, ALWAYS, even going up to hang a fixed stand.
83% of people who fall 11 feet or more, DIE.
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wow coilspring sure has his data down pat. I know a lot of people who just use a strap around their waist, but I guess all that is good for is to fain safety.. i use the cheaper HSS cause the other HSS vests sure are a pretty penny. I love mine. i can throw it on in a second and no parts of the clasps are noisy or get tangled. and I dont find it heavy or restricting.
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I love my SOP harness can wear under your clothes and the strap is long enough to give you room in your treestand, its real easy to put on only takes like 30 seconds to put on and its pretty lightweight I really like ,ine
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