How practical is it to walk a respectable distance with that kind of weight or more hanging off the saddle? I ask bc I’ve read several “ditching the pack” posts citing the lockdown as a viable substitute.
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2023: Tethrd Ultralock Saddle (Formerly, the LockDown)
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How practical is it to walk a respectable distance with that kind of weight or more hanging off the saddle? I ask bc I’ve read several “ditching the pack” posts citing the lockdown as a viable substitute.
With the suspenders. It’s a viable solution. Without the suspenders? Not a chance.
I personally would not. I would rig the sticks to the yoke vertical on my back.
There are some really nice construction suspender systems that can easily be added to most any saddle. When I used more pouches, that's exactly what I did.
It holds 40’ of rope well. You can still reach the pockets on the inside with no problem.
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There is molle row under the pouch. I didn’t see any reason why you couldn’t cut it off. It’s pretty much a phantom with a pleat.
What exactly is the temptation? to have the saddle with no pouches or pouches with no saddle?
neither. it's the option of changing the pouch to some other pouch or roll up if I don't like their new pouch and/or only need one. right now I use a dump pouch on one side and a roll up on the other
Thanks. in his other lockdown video he describes it as 30'. However, it appears to have ample room for 40'.
Gotcha. I’m curious how easy it would be to remove pouches and add straps or triglides to reattach to other molle compatible systems. Not $400+ curious, but I’ll cheer on any willing test subjects.
It was definitely a weird decision for them to not make the pouches removable. As if they didn't know how picky and fidgety us saddle hunters are. It would be like Starbucks saying you can only order a black coffee and only in one size, or a bow manufacturer limiting their new release to only being used with one specific arrow and broadhead. I just can't wrap my head around it, especially since they themselves are saddle hunters 
It was definitely a weird decision for them to not make the pouches removable. As if they didn't know how picky and fidgety us saddle hunters are. It would be like Starbucks saying you can only order a black coffee and only in one size, or a bow manufacturer limiting their new release to only being used with one specific arrow and broadhead. I just can't wrap my head around it, especially since they themselves are saddle hunters
Guess it never came up in the two year testing period. :/
Crap, I wish he would have told me that years ago. It would have saved me several lives by now.
We are constantly working on our designs, materials, printers. I would say yes, but shoot me a PM as I want to understand the issues you saw!
I think mine was the first on a single panel. But heck idk for sure, I thought I was first on a two panel til I wasn’t lol
Just checking out that profile picture... Dang!! Don't be shy about telling that story on 8-26!