What do you guys like I am looking at replacing mine.  BILL

I like my hunter safety system. Quick and easy use.

Hunter Safety System...the best there is. Quick, easy, comfortable, lots of pockets, and most importantly, you will use it.

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Seat of the pants by summit

I used the HSS pro mesh for the last 2 seasons.  I would have been content......then I saw the Muddy Outdoors harness.

Goodbye HSS.

I like the one everybody else seems to hate, Lone Wolf.Lightest, most compact one I know of. Once I figured out how to use it, I haven't had any problems.

I am thinking about getting the new one from Muddy Outdoors.   http://gomuddy.com/products/3   Anyone tried it yet?

I like the simple SOP.

Muddy. looks like the Trasformer that was made by Loggy. I tried a friends and really like it but they stopped making it.   BILL

I like the lone wolf. Simple light weight and cool.

Seat of the Pants by Summitt.

I could have bought two for the price of the Hunter Safety.

I am going to go outside the box here. . . I wrote a note to another site as they were doing research on these things.  

As I posted there: I am not an expert, but climbing/rescue people tell me that the current safety harnesses being designed by treestand companies are a REACTION to the world of law-suits.  In that, they have used an INDUSTRIAL application.  However, as bowhunters using treestands, the application we really need is a CLIMBING-TYPE application.  I have been advised that the best set-up for us is actually a climbing seat harness with an attachment to the FRONT.  This allows for many scenarios and safety.(There are a lot of serious reasons for not getting caught hanging facing away from the tree.  For one- the suspending position can actually be as deadly as a fall!  Hunters off by themselves stand a good chance of this scenario in a fall or blackout.)  

I have found that a true climber's harness is far lighter, smaller, and easier to use than a typical treestand harness.  Tied off at the front with the rope laced around to the back through lite string loops (that can break loose in a fall) or just tuck the rope in so it can pull out, is far more safe AND convenient.  If you fall, you are facing the tree and can easily maneuver climbing up or down (you can even have a rope set-up so you can rappel down!)  

Again- I am NOT a rescue expert; but this sure makes more sense than the current systems where you have to figure out how to get back up and in many cases may have to hang there in a dangerous situation.

I am now using a climbing harness. . . much easier and seems much safer.

My non-expert 2C

SOP

Having been in the fire and rope rescue business for 28 years I agree with KSdan and what I use is a variation on what I use at work with an attachment ring in the back and one in the front that I can clip a pigtail into should the nead arise. Last season however I did not climb and my favorite safety harness was my feet on the ground.

SOP!!

I looked into this real hard before making a purchase. To me HSS is too much bulk, buckles, and everythiung but the kitchen sink.

Questions:
-What about when you need to wear a harness, but dont need to wear a vest?
-What about when you wish to hunt a mile from your truck, and must either wear or pack your harness in?

With my SOP I can wear it in, or pack it in. I wont really notice either way.

The SOP is nothing but what it needs to be, quiet, light, simple, and safe, and did I mention... quiet.

I spend a good bit of time in backcountry and have personally grown to dislike anything combined. I.E. a waterproof parka. What if I only need one or the other. I prefer to have a good parka, and a good lightweight packable rain shell. That way they both have greater range of use and practicality regardless of temp/precip.

Same goes with a vest that's a harness. And whats with the seatbelt buckles?

nead???

QuoteOriginally posted by KSdan:
I am going to go outside the box here. . . I wrote a note to another site as they were doing research on these things.  

As I posted there: I am not an expert, but climbing/rescue people tell me that the current safety harnesses being designed by treestand companies are a REACTION to the world of law-suits.  In that, they have used an INDUSTRIAL application.  However, as bowhunters using treestands, the application we really need is a CLIMBING-TYPE application.  I have been advised that the best set-up for us is actually a climbing seat harness with an attachment to the FRONT.  This allows for many scenarios and safety.(There are a lot of serious reasons for not getting caught hanging facing away from the tree.  For one- the suspending position can actually be as deadly as a fall!  Hunters off by themselves stand a good chance of this scenario in a fall or blackout.)  

I have found that a true climber's harness is far lighter, smaller, and easier to use than a typical treestand harness.  Tied off at the front with the rope laced around to the back through lite string loops (that can break loose in a fall) or just tuck the rope in so it can pull out, is far more safe AND convenient.  If you fall, you are facing the tree and can easily maneuver climbing up or down (you can even have a rope set-up so you can rappel down!)  

Again- I am NOT a rescue expert; but this sure makes more sense than the current systems where you have to figure out how to get back up and in many cases may have to hang there in a dangerous situation.

I am now using a climbing harness. . . much easier and seems much safer.

My non-expert 2C

Okay...good points.  But, who makes this kind of set-up?  Any links?  Thanks.

Any climbing gear retailer.  A boat load of them out there for sale.  You are looking for a plain everyday climbing harness.  You can even make your own (which is what I have done in the past) with a piece of rope.  I learned that in ROTC- its called a swiss seat (google it).

Check it out. . . like the trad style we adore- we tend to do things the simple and traditional way (because it is simpler and even more efficient). It amazes me how things catch on and everyone thinks its the only way to do it.  I am often surprised more climb/rescue people have not come out on this.  EVERYONE I have talked to advise me in this direction.  Again, my 2c for what it is worth!    

loggy bayou