well,
This one arrived. Strapped to a post in the shop and hung for 15 minutes.
Initial thoughts:
-significantly more comfortable on its own than sit drag on its own.
- about double or more the weight of the sit drag on its own, same weight as sit drag when I carry two layers of foam padding (typical for me).
- slightly less packable than sit drag with no padding, slightly more packable than sit drag with a layer of foam.
- the total length is 36", not the webbing part. This is dialed in exactly for me, but bigger guys may want to go with the 4'
-comfort comparable to sit drag with three layers of foam. I don't carry this hunting but did try it out and it completely removed pressure points. However, I give it a slight nod over the SD because the surface area is larger and the weight is more spread out.
Honestly, this has a ton of potential. The weight is distributed evenly across the whole piece of webbing. I did see a slight amount of cupping right under the loops, but it was minimal. I think I know an easy, lightweight fix to this. just bolt some flat bar across the two edges of the sling where the loops are sewn in. they'll keep the load distributed completely across the whole sling. would probably add 6-8oz if steel, 4-5 if aluminum.
I'm excited for the first one I posted to come in tomorrow.
Overall theme - I could hunt out of this as is with a little camo fabric sleeve sewn on. I think camo fleece doubled up and then sewn around would make this the bees knees.
Stay tuned if I mod it any further i'll post. But for 15.00 it's worth it. It proves out my theory that all webbing is nice because it distributes the load across whole sling. Same concept as using super heavy duty fabrics of the commercial saddles.
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