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S biner for the Kestrel Back band

Patrick Frizelle

Patrick Frizelle

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Has anyone had theirs break? Mine broke today on a trial run in my yard. I am new to the saddle, is anyone going with a stainless/aluminum biner? Any suggestions, should I just go back with the #2 nite ize plastic biner?
 
I haven't broke mine yet. I don't see me hunting without the back band so when/if mine break I will probably feed the webbing through the prussik and do away with the clips.
 
FWIW, I repurpose the strap I carry my sticks with when I get all saddled up in the tree as my backband. On this strap I made a whoopi sling type loop on each end that I connect to my tether biner. The whoopi part permits a huge adjustment range, it is quiet with no metal parts to fail. If I get a shot opportunity, I hope to slide one end so it sags down to my lower back.
Maybe this could be your solution? YMMV

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Patrick Frizelle said:
Has anyone had theirs break? Mine broke today on a trial run in my yard. I am new to the saddle, is anyone going with a stainless/aluminum biner? Any suggestions, should I just go back with the #2 nite ize plastic biner?
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Can you post pictures of it?

Thanks,
Boswell
 
I was wondering about that because it appears they only have a 10 lb load limit. Get a big guy leaning back and that will easily be exceded.

The other day I accidentally unclipped one and it fell from the tree and couldn’t find it. Had to remove one of my accessory clips to use temporarily which worked fine. I ordered four # 2 Nite Ize s-biners for replacements in case I lose more in the future. Thinking I should have waited a bit and explored other options.


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Dewey said:
I was wondering about that because it appears they only have a 10 lb load limit. The other day I accidentally unclipped one and it fell from the tree and couldn’t find it. Had to remove one of my accessory clips to use temporarily which worked fine. I ordered four # 2 Nite Ize s-biners for replacements in case I lose more in the future. Thinking I should have waited a bit and explored other options.

I replaced with the same niteize s biners

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Mine broke too. I changed them to aluminum carabiners. The plastic ones lasted for about 5 minutes.
 
I swapped mine for some steel mini's I had been using for bow ropes. I gained an ounce to pack in, but I won't pee my pants when the nite-ize give way. Those are getting repurposed anyways, I use them a lot.

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awesome. I just pulled the trigger on the back band after the good reviews. I guess I should have waited.

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BassBoysLLP said:
awesome. I just pulled the trigger on the back band after the good reviews. I guess I should have waited.

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It's still worth it. It adds a good bit of comfort to the sit in the kestrel. My nite-ize didn't give me an issue, but I saw the thread, and figured i'd go ahead and swap to be safe. I'm considering permanently attaching the backband straps to the prussics. I'm going to hunt a few times without removing the band and see if it causes me any grief.
 
kyler1945 said:
It's still worth it. It adds a good bit of comfort to the sit in the kestrel. My nite-ize didn't give me an issue, but I saw the thread, and figured i'd go ahead and swap to be safe. I'm considering permanently attaching the backband straps to the prussics. I'm going to hunt a few times without removing the band and see if it causes me any grief.
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I agree it adds comfort. I had one when I owned a couple evolutions and ended up selling it to flinginairos when I got rid of the size 2. That one didn't have S biners. I was using cheap aluminum ones.

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Apex7 said:
Mine are still good
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I just replaced them with heavier sbiners... the backstrap is great otherwise. Not sure how such a light sbiner will hold a 200 pound man leaning back. It was no problem that it broke... a non safety issue.
 
Ontariofarmer said:
I just replaced them with heavier sbiners... the backstrap is great otherwise. Not sure how such a light sbiner will hold a 200 pound man leaning back. It was no problem that it broke... a non safety issue.
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sounds like these are destined to break. great. what ones did you get? #3 stainless?

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I am not sure what the number is but I am trying two different ones. One rated at 25 pounds and one rated at 75 pounds. Both are nite eze
 
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