PA_Hunter8
Lil-Rokslider
I love my FHF gear binocular Harness system, but there were a few things that I changed that I felt made this great harness even better.
My two gripes with this harness were as follows:
1. The side mesh pockets were just barely to small to allow easy in and out for windicator bottles, especially the larger ones. They would fit with a little bit of elbow grease, grunting, and possibly some swearing under your breath, but in a real-life, crunch-time situation, I didn’t want to have to think about it or use two hands to achieve this.
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2. The straps were extremely long, probably to accommodate larger bodied individuals, but that meant that there was a lot of excess strap hanging down and blowing in the wind when this system was firmly attached to my 6’3 165 pound frame.
My solutions:
1. I purchased elastic sheets on Amazon for a few dollars, and sewed a panel of it on the bottom of the harness with fishing line to accommodate a larger sized windicator bottle (or nearly any similarly sized objects) on the bottom of the rig, completely out of the way of my arms or bow string. This not only gave me more storage space, but also left the side pockets available for me to keep a small folding knife on one side and a tube call on the other.
2. I also purchased some smaller (2”) elastic sheets that I sewed into loops and slid over the nylon webbing (shoulder straps). This allowed me to adjust the straps to fit my body without having 1-2 feet of excess strap hanging down, getting in the way, and increasing the amount of movement produced when an animal is close.
These are both extremely simple fixes, and they cost me maybe $10.00 (probably less) but they’ve taken this harness from good to great in my eyes.
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My two gripes with this harness were as follows:
1. The side mesh pockets were just barely to small to allow easy in and out for windicator bottles, especially the larger ones. They would fit with a little bit of elbow grease, grunting, and possibly some swearing under your breath, but in a real-life, crunch-time situation, I didn’t want to have to think about it or use two hands to achieve this.
And
2. The straps were extremely long, probably to accommodate larger bodied individuals, but that meant that there was a lot of excess strap hanging down and blowing in the wind when this system was firmly attached to my 6’3 165 pound frame.
My solutions:
1. I purchased elastic sheets on Amazon for a few dollars, and sewed a panel of it on the bottom of the harness with fishing line to accommodate a larger sized windicator bottle (or nearly any similarly sized objects) on the bottom of the rig, completely out of the way of my arms or bow string. This not only gave me more storage space, but also left the side pockets available for me to keep a small folding knife on one side and a tube call on the other.
2. I also purchased some smaller (2”) elastic sheets that I sewed into loops and slid over the nylon webbing (shoulder straps). This allowed me to adjust the straps to fit my body without having 1-2 feet of excess strap hanging down, getting in the way, and increasing the amount of movement produced when an animal is close.
These are both extremely simple fixes, and they cost me maybe $10.00 (probably less) but they’ve taken this harness from good to great in my eyes.
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