I use the vario speed harness with my LW hand climbers and a dryad killdeer for my LWCG 1.0 and Novix Helo/Echo (any type of stand with sticks)
I climb up and down with the LW climber by moving the tree tether up and down the tree above my seat. The speed harness doesnt have linesman belt loops and to me its just a tad more comfortable when using a climber.
With a hang on I use the dryad killdeer. I climb using a latitude 10mm linesmans belt and a ropeman 1, and connect to the tree with a latitude 8mm vapor line tether with a prussic knot once in the stand. No mechanical ascender on the tree tether.
When youre in the strand with the tether, there shouldnt be much slack and if you were to get off balance it would catch you pretty fast and you could recover back into the stand. I set my tether to where if I try to squat down, it would stop me about halfway going down into the squat. Id try to simulate a fall and recover in a controlled setting just so you know what its like. Some people think its restrictive that it connects in front and goes back to the tree on your side/under arm, but once you do it and feel how it actually functions, its a non issue. In a fall your facing the tree instead of dangling away from it. Ive been using a RC harness at least 5 years, zero chance I ever go back to a full body hss or summit harness.
I climb up and down with the LW climber by moving the tree tether up and down the tree above my seat. The speed harness doesnt have linesman belt loops and to me its just a tad more comfortable when using a climber.
With a hang on I use the dryad killdeer. I climb using a latitude 10mm linesmans belt and a ropeman 1, and connect to the tree with a latitude 8mm vapor line tether with a prussic knot once in the stand. No mechanical ascender on the tree tether.
When youre in the strand with the tether, there shouldnt be much slack and if you were to get off balance it would catch you pretty fast and you could recover back into the stand. I set my tether to where if I try to squat down, it would stop me about halfway going down into the squat. Id try to simulate a fall and recover in a controlled setting just so you know what its like. Some people think its restrictive that it connects in front and goes back to the tree on your side/under arm, but once you do it and feel how it actually functions, its a non issue. In a fall your facing the tree instead of dangling away from it. Ive been using a RC harness at least 5 years, zero chance I ever go back to a full body hss or summit harness.