I have owned a Seat O the Pants safety harness for several years and until recently, I have been very happy with it. I have noticed lately that the buckle has been coming loose, somtimes almost coming completely undone while climbing and hunting!
The design of my harness buckle is a simple "though and back" cinch design.
I contacted SOP by email and they no longer make this style of harness, so they could not repair/replace my harness buckle. The company offered me 40% off a new harness system. My response to them was that I had no intention of paying 60% to replace a harness which had a faulty design (their issue- not mine), that I didn't want to spend any more money with their company if they don't stand behind their product(s) and that I was very disappointed in them.
You would think that a company designing something as important as a safety harness would make reparations IMMEDIATELY when they are informed that their product is not working correctly, and could cause serious injury to their customer(s).
Thanks for letting me vent! My advice to all you Tradgangers is to spend your hard earned money on some other safety harness system.