I've been working with my Kestrel since March. I'm 5' 11", 170lb, 33" waist. Size 1 saddle.
I have this question: Why do the leg straps on these saddles (Tethered looks similar enough) grab your legs to close to your privates?
Sitting, leaning, I have not problem, but...:
If I need to hang unsupported by steps or a platform for a while (say, to adjust my platform, get around limbs, whatever), I find that unless I have to my knees up high against the tree, have the whole saddle shifted down so that the waist belt is below my hips, and leg straps lower down the thighs, almost like its falling off, before I load it, ther will be real pain in the privates, not just discomfort.
It seems to me that a saddle (for what we do) would be a lot more comfortable, especially when hanging unsupported, if the weight-bearing area were spread about the seat more like a hammock, rather directed right to the leg straps, which seem to me to tend to...cram
Am I missing something? Truthfully, I do at this point assume I'm doing something wrong.
Thoughts, or answers to the question above?
I have this question: Why do the leg straps on these saddles (Tethered looks similar enough) grab your legs to close to your privates?
Sitting, leaning, I have not problem, but...:
If I need to hang unsupported by steps or a platform for a while (say, to adjust my platform, get around limbs, whatever), I find that unless I have to my knees up high against the tree, have the whole saddle shifted down so that the waist belt is below my hips, and leg straps lower down the thighs, almost like its falling off, before I load it, ther will be real pain in the privates, not just discomfort.
It seems to me that a saddle (for what we do) would be a lot more comfortable, especially when hanging unsupported, if the weight-bearing area were spread about the seat more like a hammock, rather directed right to the leg straps, which seem to me to tend to...cram
Am I missing something? Truthfully, I do at this point assume I'm doing something wrong.
Thoughts, or answers to the question above?