2016 Rock Climbing Harnesses

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See more photos and details of each harness at: http://blog.weighmyrack.com/2016-rock-climbing-harnesses-coming-to-release-in-2016/ Video includes harnesses coming in 2016 from Black Diamond, Beal, CAMP, Wild Country, Edelrid, and Edelweiss. Updates from Misty Mountain and a Grivel harness accessory. Compare all the harnesses currently on the market at http://www.weighmyrack.com/harness Full Video Transcript: http://blog.weighmyrack.com/2016-rock-climbing-harness-video-transcript/ Transcript Excerpt (first 3 brands): I’m Frederick Beal, and I am the General Manager of Beal. Two years ago, we introduced a new technology on harnesses which is called, “Web Core.” It is, basically, a lamination. The goal of that was to have very thin harnesses – very comfortable, and with an even affordable price. We come now with a new harness: The Phantom – a sport climbing harness. Only one buckle. A fitting system with an elastic one, and ventilated. It comes in four sizes. We wanted a light harness, but not the lightest harness, that’s for sure. We were looking for a sport climbing harness with good comfort, so, we still have this very wide belt in order to support the back. And, then, we have the same technology as the Web Core, but, not laminated. We have the Amazon here, which is the woman harness. We have the Addict, which is the same one. Two buckles from the waist. The dynamic fit system here, two plastic buckles, with an elastic there, so, you can just slide in order to adjust easily the harness. This is not metallic buckles, so, the weight is less and of course the cost is little bit less. And, it doesn’t move at all. You don’t have to adjust it all day long. It just stay in place, doesn’t slide. The difference between this one and the former Web Core technology harnesses is that this one is not laminated. It doesn’t affect how comfortable the harness is, but, it allows us to be very aggressive in terms of price. Here, for instance, you have a harness that’s less than 60 bucks for four buckle harness. The Rookie is exactly the same as the Amazon, and the Addict, but for children. You still have two metallic buckles on the waist, the plastic buckles for the adjustment on the legs. Kids friendly, in terms of colors, and still have this construction, non-laminated this time as on the Addict and on the Amazon. You can buy a size one, and then move to a size two, and it covers a lot of sizers for the children. I’m Kolin Powick, and I am the Climbing Category Director of Black Diamond. This is the new Solution harness – 69 bucks retail; Fusion Comfort technology, wide on the sides where you get squished, narrow in the back where you don’t need it, wide legs, super supportive, super comfortable. It’s like your mid-range, sport climbing harness, use it for trad climbing, use it for anything. Fixed leg loops, speed buckle, men’s and women’s available. This is a lamination process, with three structural bands that distribute the load. The reason there’s three and not like a bunch – there’s other harnesses out there that are, maybe, somewhere in construction, but, they get kinda stiff and boardy, and then you really feel it kinda digging in to your side where this really moves with you – when you’re climbing, or when you’re belaying, or when you’re walking or whatever. Really, really nice, low profile, light, super comfortable rig. Available: January. BAM. My name is Brett Merlin. I am with CAMP Technical Adventure Equipment. The Flash is our new ultra-light, sport climbing harness. It is now, I believe, the lightest in the world at 236 grams only, and we used a really innovative, new laminate, construction style webbing that’s incredibly supportive for being so lightweight. This initial white section that you see throughout the entire harness: this is the main body structure that this harness is built on, and then we weaved each individual strand through that body, making the laminate integrate with the structure of the actual harness. On the inside of the harness, we have 3 millimeter of a honeycomb foam, laminated on to that outer structure to give it a little bit more comfort. The leg loops are a fixed leg loop, all the tie-in points are reinforced for those high abrasion and durability areas. The gear loops on this harness – we have kinda two different styles. The first style is more flat for lot of those quick draws to lay really flat and kinda shift a little bit more forward, and then, on the back gear loop, it’s a more rounded for lot of the utility things, like, belay devices and locking carabiners. The price on this harness is only going to be $79.95. The full transcript can be found here: http://blog.weighmyrack.com/2016-rock-climbing-harness-video-transcript