Marsupial Gear Magnets and Iphone 15

[muzzyman88]

I know there has been quite a bit of talk about how the magnets in the Marsupial harnesses mess up Onx on phones. I really like this harness and want to buy one but am a bit concerned about this as I use Onx heavily for navigation. Anyone have a newer Iphone and see any issues? Seems like the reports are all over the place with what is affected and what is not. I know they make the no mag version too, but right now you can't get it anywhere. I personally like the idea of the magnets however.

Thoughts?

 

[TheTone]

No experience personally but the online opinions are all over the place. Definitely makes it hard to know how real the issue actually is

 

[roosiebull]

I have not had issues with magnetic bino harnesses and onX, if I get it close on purpose it can get weird, or at least really delayed, but in normal use, I have not had issues with that. I used a marsupial for most of a season one year, and lots of others, most with magnets.

My marsupial rusted through really bad and squeaked so loud getting NL’s in and out of it that I couldn’t stand it, there was no way it was acceptable for any archery hunting, and it was loud enough that it seemed like something could hear it well enough at 100yds to get a bead on me. My experience is not the normal, most people praise the marsupial, but it was probably my least favorite out of a dozen-ish harnesses I’ve tried the past few years.

Any harness with a fleece interior will start squeaking on the coast (with NL’s at least) after a while, but the marsupial was the worst for noise. The marsupial is probably the most likely to mess with nav equipment because the magnets are pretty big compared to a harness like the OV that has smaller magnets. The harness wasn’t really uncomfortable on the marsupial, but I felt it under my pack more than most harnesses.

My marsupial didn’t stay open that well, and was bulky in the open position, I always wondered why it was the most beloved harness, but most people love them. My favorite harness happens to not have magnets, but I never had any issues with magnetic harnesses and I have used them a lot, and have used onX a lot while wearing them… lots of people claim to have issues with any magnetic harness and onX, I’m not sure what could be that different

 

[Mattyq17]

I had issues with my iPhone 14 but just extended my arm our further away and that fixed the issue.

 

[muzzyman88]

I have not had issues with magnetic bino harnesses and onX, if I get it close on purpose it can get weird, or at least really delayed, but in normal use, I have not had issues with that. I used a marsupial for most of a season one year, and lots of others, most with magnets.

My marsupial rusted through really bad and squeaked so loud getting NL’s in and out of it that I couldn’t stand it, there was no way it was acceptable for any archery hunting, and it was loud enough that it seemed like something could hear it well enough at 100yds to get a bead on me. My experience is not the normal, most people praise the marsupial, but it was probably my least favorite out of a dozen-ish harnesses I’ve tried the past few years.

Any harness with a fleece interior will start squeaking on the coast (with NL’s at least) after a while, but the marsupial was the worst for noise. The marsupial is probably the most likely to mess with nav equipment because the magnets are pretty big compared to a harness like the OV that has smaller magnets. The harness wasn’t really uncomfortable on the marsupial, but I felt it under my pack more than most harnesses.

My marsupial didn’t stay open that well, and was bulky in the open position, I always wondered why it was the most beloved harness, but most people love them. My favorite harness happens to not have magnets, but I never had any issues with magnetic harnesses and I have used them a lot, and have used onX a lot while wearing them… lots of people claim to have issues with any magnetic harness and onX, I’m not sure what could be that different

I'm looking for a simple, no frills pack. I don't want any added pockets for rangefinder etc and the pack has to be small/compact. I've looked at a handful of them so far and most are way too big. The marsupial catches my eye because of the smaller stature.

What packs do you recommend?

 

[roosiebull]

I'm looking for a simple, no frills pack. I don't want any added pockets for rangefinder etc and the pack has to be small/compact. I've looked at a handful of them so far and most are way too big. The marsupial catches my eye because of the smaller stature.

What packs do you recommend?

I think a lot of personal preference and the binos you use come into play. You will probably like the marsupial, I seem to be one of the very few that doesn’t.

My top 2 are the OV gen 2, and the one I use and have no plans on changing is the stone glacier sentinel (their second gen version) the first gen stone glacier was uncomfortable, pulled down on your neck, but they did a great job fixing the quirks with the gen 2. It’s very streamlined, I can still shoot my bow with no interference while it’s open, it’s quiet, and is waterproof and very quick drying (marsupial was hard to dry out) and no magnets, which isn’t a big deal to me, but for people concerned about magnets and navigation, it’s a pro

Like I said, most people love the marsupial, so you likely will too, I am odd man out on this, and it probably has to do with where I mostly hunt, if there are a thousand people that love a product for every one that doesn’t, it’s probably a safe bet you’ll like it, I think marsupial is a great company, and I certainly don’t want to try talking anyone out of buying something because of my use case.

 

[GunsAreFun]

I'm looking for a simple, no frills pack. I don't want any added pockets for rangefinder etc and the pack has to be small/compact. I've looked at a handful of them so far and most are way too big. The marsupial catches my eye because of the smaller stature.

What packs do you recommend?

The KUIU Pro is pretty barebones and compact. I’ve been using it for three years now with no complaints.

 

[Brooks]

I had the Marsupial with the magnets and they are strong little magnets. I didn’t want something throwing my navigation off in no man’s land so I got rid of it and bought the KUIU PRO also about 6 years ago.

 

[Tater86]

I have about a 34/35 in sleeve length and when using the directional function on OnX it would throw off my bearing using the marsupial harness. It was affected out as far as I could reach with my arm in all directions. Just my experience. If you don't use the directional function it shouldn't affect it.