Bino Harness Reccommendations

[RileyRaz18]

You get what you pay for. The buckles are auto locking and will never bust on you, fully enclosed keeps your stuff clean, the yolk holds to your back and doesn’t sit on your neck like all the other ones, magnets are dependable and pretty quiet for magnets, webbing attachment means it’s super modular for accessories and holsters (not just theirs but other brands too), it just works.

I tried kuiu, AGC, and several other cheap china brands and I’ll never go back. The only thing that comes close is the Kuiu pro, but the buckles come loose and are thin and cheap and I could see them busting on a cold morning in the wrong situation. For $10 more I’ll take the marsupial over the kuiu any day.

Right now im between the no-mag and the magnet marsupial. Some people complain about magnet interference, but i can't imagine its that bad right? Just hold your phone or compass away from your body lol

 

[nobody]

Right now im between the no-mag and the magnet marsupial. Some people complain about magnet interference, but i can't imagine its that bad right? Just hold your phone or compass away from your body lol

It’s that bad in my experience. I’ve owned and sold 2 marsupial harnesses trying to make them work with multiple different phones. I store my phone in my left front pocket, long ways from my harness. I had to hold my phone at full arm’s length to get it to quit messing with my compass, and even then it would still mess with my reading periodically. It’s not a problem until you spend 2 hours walking in the dark in circles in the wrong direction trying to get to a new spot you’ve never been to. Yes, that has happened to me with the marsupial. So unfortunately it’s not necessarily as simple as “just hold it further away,” unless you’ve got super long arms.

Oddly enough my FHF FOB doesn’t have the same problem with its magnets, not sure why it’s so prevalent with the marsupials.

 

[KenLee]

I’ve become a big fan of the Rick Young Outdoors lightweight version. Inexpensive and very effective and versatile.

Ultralight Binocular Harness - Rick Young Outdoors

Get adjustable binocular harness or rangefinder harness strap that distribute the weight across your back and shoulders while hunting. We offer a variety of binocular harness at the best prices

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The only comfortable light answer.

 

[DaveBarrows]

I had a magnetic marsupial. The magnet would interfere with the navigation part on onX. I thought I was going crazy because I knew I was headed for the truck. I then googled it and it turns out I was not the only one with the same problem. After watching several reviews, I ordered a kifaru harness and sold the marsupial. I’m very pleased with the kifaru. I will say that I like the marsupial harness a little bit better but I feel like I’ll get used to the kifaru after I wear it a few times. If you’re not gonna be using your phone or a handheld gps for navigation, I think the marsupial will be great. If you are, get the kifaru. By the way, Kifaru is 100% made in the USA. That was a big selling point for me.

 

[johnw3474]

I have an older Mystery Ranch Quickdraw bino harness. That is almost the perfect harness. The one complaint is it doesn't have the pocket on the back like so many others do. That pocket is a great place to stash a call or your phone real quick. It also does have small magnet. The front pocket is a good size without being bulky, can easily put a thumb release, lens cloth, tags, compass, whatever. The side pockets are great size. Everyone I feel like I know use a a Marsupial, but I can't fit my wind indicator or a phone in their side pockets. Recently I went down a path of trying to get a harness with a little more storage so I could leave my pack at the truck or four-wheeler for whitetail hunts. I have ended up with the Kifaru bino harness. That may be the perfect harness IMHO. No magnets, lid shuts tight one handed, room for phone and small rangefinder in the harness, or if you use a rangefinder holder your release can go in the pocket on the harness. In fact I can go turkey hunting and have a couple of diaphragms and a slate call plus my 10x42 binos just in the harness with no accessory pockets. Can't say enough good thinks about it. The rangefinder case does not hold a Maven RF.1, but it fits fin in the accessory pouch if you get the deluxe bundle.

 

[johnw3474]

I have an older Mystery Ranch Quickdraw bino harness. That is almost the perfect harness. The one complaint is it doesn't have the pocket on the back like so many others do. That pocket is a great place to stash a call or your phone real quick. It also does have small magnet. The front pocket is a good size without being bulky, can easily put a thumb release, lens cloth, tags, compass, whatever. The side pockets are great size. Everyone I feel like I know use a a Marsupial, but I can't fit my wind indicator or a phone in their side pockets. Recently I went down a path of trying to get a harness with a little more storage so I could leave my pack at the truck or four-wheeler for whitetail hunts. I have ended up with the Kifaru bino harness. That may be the perfect harness IMHO. No magnets, lid shuts tight one handed, room for phone and small rangefinder in the harness, or if you use a rangefinder holder your release can go in the pocket on the harness. In fact I can go turkey hunting and have a couple of diaphragms and a slate call plus my 10x42 binos just in the harness with no accessory pockets. Can't say enough good thinks about it. The rangefinder case does not hold a Maven RF.1, but it fits fin in the accessory pouch if you get the deluxe bundle.

Rick Young is also perfect if you don't need anything else and you aren't worried about cracking your lens. I busted a pair of binos on a lock on ladder with my rick young one time. So I just keep that harness on my truck binos now.

 

[Trout&Buck]

I haven't had an issue with the magnets in my marsupial messing with OnX on either of the phones I've had while using it (Galaxy S8, and Pixel 7). And that has included me keeping the phone in its back mesh pocket. They also make a non magnetic version too.

 

[Eric30]

Been running the marsupial bino harness for the past 5yrs years hunting. Nothing but good things to say about the harness and haven't had any problems with it.

 

[Agross]

1 marsupial
2 fhf
3 all the rest

 

[dlee56]

Right now im between the no-mag and the magnet marsupial. Some people complain about magnet interference, but i can't imagine its that bad right? Just hold your phone or compass away from your body lol

I never use a compass so take that for what it is. It doesn’t mess with my iPhone as far as I can tell