That cool plastic piece on the tie in point of Mammut and Edelrid harnesses?

+1 to ROC.

Other than that, I would suggest using a clear poly tubing that you can get at your local hardware store. Already flexible, and clear so it's easy to inspect your harness for wear. The tubing can also be heated with a heat gun (no flames, please) and molded into a more permanent shape. Punch holes and zip tie on or just slit down the middle and wrap.

Has somebody thought about the ageing of Polyamide?
Some harnesses use this tie in point as indicator when the harness has to be changed.
I would not like to climb with a several year old harness, sorry!

Some super good ideas being talked about for sure, I'll think about what im gonna do a bit more, but whatever happens I'll post the results in this thread, Im gonna try it on an old harness first (i just bought a new one and want it to last, hence why i dont think I'll shell out for a new mammut) Here's hopein...

Ian Stewart wrote:Not sure if it would last very long, but how about just a few wraps of thick duct tape?

just buy a mammut or edelrid haness ... they are usually reasonably priced anyways

its that simple ;)

For $2.95, that Wild Country T.I.P.P. looks like just the ticket. I hadn't even considered something like that before, but it might be a good addition to a harness, particularly one that you might walk in a lot.

Go for the Edelrid Jay harness. I bought one recently to replace my Petzl Adjama harness, which was having durability issues. It is more comfortable, considerably cheaper, just as packable, and I think has even better gear loops than the good ones on the Petzl harness. Oh, and it has the plastic thing. I'm pretty psyched on it.

I decided to try out the "insta-morph" plastic and here are some picture in case anyone was interesting in doing something similar.

Let me know if you have questions, or if you'd like more pictures.

Im gonna take it to the gym tonight and whip on it, I'll return and report with any findings/conclusions/things I would have done differently.

Yeah, not going to do that. My old Petzl harness wore out at the tie in point as well. I threw the fucking thing in the trash.

Stich wrote:Yeah, not going to do that. My old Petzl harness wore out at the tie in point as well. I threw the fucking thing in the trash.

That harness is past it's service life.

I just hope Dangerboy ain't gonna cook up eggs in that cast iron skillet now.

hey John, the plastic comes in pellet form, which you pour into hot water between 140-150 F, so not that close to boiling, it then melts into one malleable lumb, which once you take it out of the water you can handle with your bare hands (assuming you did not let the water get to hot) so I assume its not hot enough to do damage to the harness if its cool enough to touch comfortably? but I'm no chemist.

Will S wrote:I just hope Dangerboy ain't gonna cook up eggs in that cast iron skillet now.