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Goodbye, SitDrag, you served me well, but this Kestrel is wayyyyy more comfortable.
Bridge length on the Kestrel is way too long for my liking. Maybe someone can sell me on why it needs to be that long, but it’s going to take some convincing. Perhaps the length was a big factor in how comfortable this thing is? I don’t know, but it’s got to be shortened because with my tether as high as I can reach I run out of room to slide the prussic up before I get to the position I like. As is with my knees against the tree my thighs are slightly above parallel which is lower than I like. I think I’m going with a prussic/carabiner setup on the bridge until I find the length I’m looking for.
The back band is heaven. Shortening the bridge is going to bite into the amount of play I have with the back band, but I can already tell you it will NOT be going away so I’ll modify it as need be, lol. Walking in the back band was getting on my nerves a bit, but for the trip out I figured out how I want to carry it; out the pack on, slide the back band up then buckle the pack’s waist belt. Back band wasn’t felt and never moved. Winning combo.
I always wore my SitDrag in and out and between it, the RCH and my pack there was always something annoying going on. I wore the Kestrel in and honestly never felt it. Awesome.
I’ve seen several folks complain about the reinforcements inside the bridge loops stopping short, apparently AH decided y’all might be onto something because mine don’t.
I’ve seen several folks complain about the lineman’s belt loops being too far back, either mine are more forward or y’all some finicky folks. Seemed perfect to me.
I’ve seen several folks complain about the the lineman’s loops being too small, I wouldn’t want them any smaller, but I thought they were fine.
I’m used to having two pouches on my SitDrag and stuffing my lineman’s belt in one while hanging and my tether in the other while walking in and out. I left them in the truck today and gave the daisy chaining the lineman’s belt a go. Not bad. I’ll probably continue doing this for a while because I actually think it’s easier and definitely quieter than using the pouch. The tether is another story though. I had it in my pack on the way in then when I got to the tree I realized I needed to come up with a way of getting it up the tree with me. I slid the prussic all the way down, clipped it to the loop, doubled it and hung it over by head and shoulder. That’s also the way I carried it out since my steps and platform were strapped to my pack.
I’ve seen several people complain about the small molle loops on the back of the Kestrel and, while I didn’t use them for anything, I did reach back and slip my finger in them to check the size. The loops are not large, that’s for sure, but I don’t envision me using them from the tree. If I want anything hanging on them it will be something I attach at home and leave.
Hmmmmmm......I guess that’s about it for now, lol.
Bridge length on the Kestrel is way too long for my liking. Maybe someone can sell me on why it needs to be that long, but it’s going to take some convincing. Perhaps the length was a big factor in how comfortable this thing is? I don’t know, but it’s got to be shortened because with my tether as high as I can reach I run out of room to slide the prussic up before I get to the position I like. As is with my knees against the tree my thighs are slightly above parallel which is lower than I like. I think I’m going with a prussic/carabiner setup on the bridge until I find the length I’m looking for.
The back band is heaven. Shortening the bridge is going to bite into the amount of play I have with the back band, but I can already tell you it will NOT be going away so I’ll modify it as need be, lol. Walking in the back band was getting on my nerves a bit, but for the trip out I figured out how I want to carry it; out the pack on, slide the back band up then buckle the pack’s waist belt. Back band wasn’t felt and never moved. Winning combo.
I always wore my SitDrag in and out and between it, the RCH and my pack there was always something annoying going on. I wore the Kestrel in and honestly never felt it. Awesome.
I’ve seen several folks complain about the reinforcements inside the bridge loops stopping short, apparently AH decided y’all might be onto something because mine don’t.
I’ve seen several folks complain about the lineman’s belt loops being too far back, either mine are more forward or y’all some finicky folks. Seemed perfect to me.
I’ve seen several folks complain about the the lineman’s loops being too small, I wouldn’t want them any smaller, but I thought they were fine.
I’m used to having two pouches on my SitDrag and stuffing my lineman’s belt in one while hanging and my tether in the other while walking in and out. I left them in the truck today and gave the daisy chaining the lineman’s belt a go. Not bad. I’ll probably continue doing this for a while because I actually think it’s easier and definitely quieter than using the pouch. The tether is another story though. I had it in my pack on the way in then when I got to the tree I realized I needed to come up with a way of getting it up the tree with me. I slid the prussic all the way down, clipped it to the loop, doubled it and hung it over by head and shoulder. That’s also the way I carried it out since my steps and platform were strapped to my pack.
I’ve seen several people complain about the small molle loops on the back of the Kestrel and, while I didn’t use them for anything, I did reach back and slip my finger in them to check the size. The loops are not large, that’s for sure, but I don’t envision me using them from the tree. If I want anything hanging on them it will be something I attach at home and leave.
Hmmmmmm......I guess that’s about it for now, lol.