Understanding Bino Harness - what keeps them down?

[hawkman71]

When I recently upgraded my binos from Eagle Optics to Vortex, I was excited to see them arrive with a bino harness - the standard, tan, Vortex harness. What I do not like, nor understand, is that the harness is free to move up the body - nothing is built in to hold it down, in place, on the chest. Maybe I'm supposed to strap it up tighter but I can't check that now, I took the straps off that harness so fast and use it just as a case now. If I recall correctly, there wasn't much to the straps that came with the harness compared to what i see in the recommended harness here.

What am I missing?

When I saw this KUIU harness, I saw a clip on the bottom and thought that's supposed to attach to your belt, but I don't think that's the case (pardon the pun) is it? (2nd photo I see two...)

 

[Mountain_Life]

Newton's law of universal gravitation is usually stated as that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

 

[Mountain_Life]

The weight of the binos holds them down. Or at least thats how my bino harness is held down. I haven't ever noticed it riding up my chest.

 

[35WhelenAI]

I used a simple Cabela's hybrid harness this year. It uses a combination of nylon and stretch webbing which I prefer more than the original all elastic Vortex harness I used for the previous 5 years. YMMV.

 

[Rob5589]

The weight of the bino will keep it from riding up, more often it will move down. Unless I am misunderstanding what you're saying.

 

[35WhelenAI]

Physics, agree... The weight of the Bino's holds them down as said above.

However with my post above, I am referring to the fact they don't bounce around with the solid nylon webbing for the chassis of the harness. The only stretch is when I lift the binoculars to look through them.

 

[Bubblehide]

Gentlemen, it is NOT the weight of the binoculars that hold them down. Geez, did you all fail physics?

The correct answer is GRAVITY.

 

[Centralcoastca]

Gravity works for my harness, the clip on the bottom of mine is for a bow string so you can glass and not have to lay your bow down, works pretty good.

 

[hawkman71]

I DESERVED the gravity comments - especially the more scientific explanation from @Mountain_Life LOL.

I guess I meant when extracting the binos, you need two hands to do it and almost have to fight to get them out. A simple bino harness (without the pouch) keeps them in place and super-easy to get at and lift up - but unprotected from the elements. I guess it's a trade-off.

Mind you, I feel like the case my wife and I each have is the same while she has 8x42 and I have 10x50 Vipers HDs. I'm thinking hers are a better fit and easier to remove.

I did notice that - in someone's video on youtube - not sure of the brand - that he simply dropped his 10x or 12x into his harness and they seemed to simply fall in...

 

[Jgriff]

My experience was they were pretty tough to get out initially, but as I used it more, they became easy to use and get in and out with one hand. I still regularly use the Vortex harness that came with my binos.

 

[Centralcoastca]

I DESERVED the gravity comments - especially the more scientific explanation from @Mountain_Life LOL.

I guess I meant when extracting the binos, you need two hands to do it and almost have to fight to get them out. A simple bino harness (without the pouch) keeps them in place and super-easy to get at and lift up - but unprotected from the elements. I guess it's a trade-off.

Mind you, I feel like the case my wife and I each have is the same while she has 8x42 and I have 10x50 Vipers HDs. I'm thinking hers are a better fit and easier to remove.

I did notice that - in someone's video on youtube - not sure of the brand - that he simply dropped his 10x or 12x into his harness and they seemed to simply fall in...

That makes more sense, I was wondering what the heck you might be doing that they weren’t just hanging there. sounds like you’ll need to find a harness that fits your binos better. That’s probably why there’s so many used ones for sale, they all are going to fit a little different. My 10x42 els drop into my mystery ranch easily but it’s not so loose they flop around. Maybe Find a harness you think you want and then ask if someone is using them with you particular binos, surely someone would be and could tell you how they fit? Good luck!

 

[cobbc03]

Sounds like the 50mm objective is causing more resistance when you pull them out. The vortex harness you have is a "universal" one, go for a different brand and get one that is made to fit the 50mm objective and yours will fit better.

 

[Vaultman]

You need to email them back as they forgot to send you the underballs thong strap.

 

[35WhelenAI]

^^^That right there is funny^^^

 

[Mountain_Life]

Ah. I understand you now. Tighter fitting binos hanging up on the case which cause it to lift is a common problem. You need to find a larger or possibly more rigid case for your binos. You'll find multiple threads on here where sizing of certain brand harnesses are discussed.

 

[35WhelenAI]

Gentlemen, it is NOT the weight of the binoculars that hold them down. Geez, did you all fail physics?

The correct answer is GRAVITY.

Yes correct! I mean, gravity... I did pass physics...

 

[Bubblehide]

Yes correct! I mean, gravity... I did pass physics...

It was meant to be fun razing, nothing more. But come-on, I've your posts, you "passed Physics" who are you trying to fool?

 

[35WhelenAI]

It was meant to be fun razing, nothing more. But come-on, I've your posts, you "passed Physics" who are you trying to fool?

I love it!

 

[Dobermann]

Errmm ... except some bino packs do seem to ride up during carrying/wearing ... didn't we cover that recently?

 

[hawkman71]

I just bought a Kuiu off Facebook Marketplace for 60. I'll try it out. Seller indicated it was a "first generation" pack with the rain cover. I couldn't find any info on Gen 1 so I went ahead and tried it anyway.