StacheNGuns
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- Aug 25, 2020
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New guy here. So I was considering buying a rock climbing harness to serve as my safety harness when using my hang on stand, but then I started investigating saddle hunting. The more research that I did, the more I wanted to try it. But there is a safety issue that I'm trying to get a clear answer on, and that is concerning "fall safety" of a saddle.
I get that the purpose of a saddle is to prevent a fall from happening in the first place, but I will appeal to Murphy's law, that if there is a chance of falling due to human error, someone is going to fall. And if that idiot happens to me, I want my saddle to be thoroughly "fall tested." The problem I had when investigating these saddle companies is that they were largely silent about any sort of "fall testing."
Now, of course, these guys fall tested these harnesses, but I'm having a heck of a time finding clear and concise info about such testing. Either I'm just not finding this valuable info or I'm assuming there is a liability issue here, and that these guys don't want to be responsible in the event that someone does fall wearing their saddle and the saddle fails to stop the fall. Thus, the company will say, "Well... the saddle was not designed to serve as a fall protection device in the first place."
To this end, if these saddles are fall rated and tested, then why aren't they advertising them as being an effective safety device that will stop a fall, in the event of a stupid mistake? And if they are thoroughly fall tested, why are there some guys still wearing a RC harness while saddle hunting?
I get that the purpose of a saddle is to prevent a fall from happening in the first place, but I will appeal to Murphy's law, that if there is a chance of falling due to human error, someone is going to fall. And if that idiot happens to me, I want my saddle to be thoroughly "fall tested." The problem I had when investigating these saddle companies is that they were largely silent about any sort of "fall testing."
Now, of course, these guys fall tested these harnesses, but I'm having a heck of a time finding clear and concise info about such testing. Either I'm just not finding this valuable info or I'm assuming there is a liability issue here, and that these guys don't want to be responsible in the event that someone does fall wearing their saddle and the saddle fails to stop the fall. Thus, the company will say, "Well... the saddle was not designed to serve as a fall protection device in the first place."
To this end, if these saddles are fall rated and tested, then why aren't they advertising them as being an effective safety device that will stop a fall, in the event of a stupid mistake? And if they are thoroughly fall tested, why are there some guys still wearing a RC harness while saddle hunting?