Got my marsupial gear bino harness in the mail a couple days ago and got it set up. The biggest complaint I had seen was the use of big autolock buckles on the front of the pack connecting the harness straps to the bino bag itself.
When I put it on they annoyed me slightly and I figured I could fix it up real quick. Justin in his video review had mentioned that ladderlocks might be a good replacement for those buckles. My Kifaru had six ladderlocks that haven’t been used yet, so I carefully cut them off with a wire cutter to become a homemade “split bar ladderlock” (if you’re not sure what that is just google image search). I then went over to the bino harness. I detached the male end of the autolock buckle which isn’t sewn into anything, then carefully cut the female end of the buckle off the bino harness in a way that makes it a “split bar buckle,” that way it’s reusable.
I then put the split end of the split bar ladderlock onto the pack where the female buckle had been, then fed the strap from the harness into the ladderlock to finish it up. Only took about 45 minutes and I was done. And I’m not mister handy either, anybody could do it.
The bino harness definitely has less bulk and actually the weight reduction is noticeable. All you need to do it is a couple ladderlocks or split ladderlocks preferably, and a pair of wire cutters. Very happy with my modification, and because I kept the buckles as split bar buckles I can reuse them for this bino harness or anything else I might need it for.
When I put it on they annoyed me slightly and I figured I could fix it up real quick. Justin in his video review had mentioned that ladderlocks might be a good replacement for those buckles. My Kifaru had six ladderlocks that haven’t been used yet, so I carefully cut them off with a wire cutter to become a homemade “split bar ladderlock” (if you’re not sure what that is just google image search). I then went over to the bino harness. I detached the male end of the autolock buckle which isn’t sewn into anything, then carefully cut the female end of the buckle off the bino harness in a way that makes it a “split bar buckle,” that way it’s reusable.
I then put the split end of the split bar ladderlock onto the pack where the female buckle had been, then fed the strap from the harness into the ladderlock to finish it up. Only took about 45 minutes and I was done. And I’m not mister handy either, anybody could do it.
The bino harness definitely has less bulk and actually the weight reduction is noticeable. All you need to do it is a couple ladderlocks or split ladderlocks preferably, and a pair of wire cutters. Very happy with my modification, and because I kept the buckles as split bar buckles I can reuse them for this bino harness or anything else I might need it for.
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