Best fall arrest safety harnesses according to redditors

This is a great VR room build idea, unfortunately instead of posting a build DIY of a few simple things from Amazon, or a home improvement store some people want to try and charge a middle man fee. Just using google I found pretty much each component used to build this.

 

One of the harnesses used in the video


Ceiling hook


Fall protection lanyard


Rock Climbing Carbineers

 

I didn’t look too heavily beyond finding the exact harness, but already you have the majority of what you need and probably spent around $150.00, asking for $300.00 dollars to gather a few simple already manufactured items together for a DIY project is ridiculous.

cross posted this from /r/vive hopefully to save more people from wasting money.

I used the Conterra Tool Chest for about a decade.

(In fact we used a version of this built by a local guy who knocked it off, and added a drawstring so things wouldn't fall out of it.)

One thing that is nice about this pack is it hold the radio in the vertical orientation which results in the best reception (antennas are sensitive to the orientation). Of course for best results we train members to remove the radio from the back so you're not driving signal into your body.

When my kids were young I did something very similar with our Rottweiler. He loved pulling them. The harness had a metal loop at the top where I could run a strap through it and attach it to each of the PVC pipes. I suggest you consider something similar to free your hands. There is a safety belt on Amazon for $32 with a metal loop on each side which could very easily be used to attach to the PVC. Also, if you used longer PVC the first cart wouldn't have to tip back so far.

Not sure if this sub allows Amazon links, but here it is (with no referral info in the URL): https://www.amazon.com/Xben-Portable-Personal-Protective-Equipment/dp/B075JC7DSQ/

The cheaper option would be the rope , and you would just tie it around your wrists/body and suspend yourself between two trees. The suspension system would work better to hang yourself up from a tree so your weights wouldn’t completely destroy the anthill. For the loincloth, I found this Indian loincloth that looks like the mowgli style from the jungle book. As to how to get INTO the anthill, I don’t think you could do it like in the picture, because anthills simply don’t work that way. I think you would have to just dig a hole in the center of the anthill and put yourself in there, then put the dirt up around yourself.

DBI Sala makes a nomex/kevlar harness for welding. I've used lots of their harnesses in the past and been to many of their classes. Like others have said, make sure it fits nice and snug.

Hi, new to climbing and looking for advise. There is a new rail to trail being built near my house and I somehow became caretaker to the trail. It has been basically 70 years of neglect and was built on a granite hill with a cliff on one side and a berm on the other. The hill is composed of fractured granite with a lot of invasive species growing between the rocks and fracturing it. I would like to be able to get the invasive species out but it is impossible on the cliff side. I plan on rappelling myself on the top side and tie the rope to the trees and be able to slowly walk down the edge and pull out or cut any vegetation.

What gear would I need? I was looking at https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B018RLPEY0/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_9?smid=A5THPGRP6FZBY&psc=1 but this seems to be only when you actually fall and not provide support or anchoring while I work or is this more what I need https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B073LSTSW3/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_10?smid=A2760MNFACRLA8&psc=1 ? I know I am supposed to get dynamic rope but its only 20 feet down max, would static rope be okay?

I would like to be able to be supported behind my back or on the side to be able to make cuts with I am going to use a one handed reciprocating saw or loppers.

The cliff is 15-20 feet tall max with it being a full 90 but above it is a dirt hill with trees greater than 12 inches diameter with a steep but with ropes manageable 60-70 degrees. You can walk around the cliff to reach the top as there is a trail up there. The closer you get to the cliff the more steep it gets.

Am I doing this wrong? Is this too dangerous? Thanks in advance.

Yeah I had a SALA that was like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RH3OI2

We were climbing ski-lift towers which required being a nimble: laying prone, curved ladders, etc. I got stuff stuck with the SALA several times. I started wearing the other departments basic petzel harnesses after a week.

Not terribly comfortable, but it does the job and is relatively cheap.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018RLPEY0
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004A7XVU0/

Please please PLEASE DO NOT CLIMB until you know how to PROPERLY use that equipment (its really not hard, just Google it). Also, inspect the equipment when you get it for any defects.

FYI, "made in the USA" does not mean "all materials sourced from the USA." Also, while you sourced one safety harness which indicates at the bottom of the site that it is "Made in the USA," it is also many times more expensive than the common ones found on Amazon.

Also, I believe you dodged my point. Do you agree or disagree that tariffs are compatible with the formerly-conservative idea of free market capitalism?

>There are products that it is in your national interest to make domestically.

And yet, the United States did not impose tariffs on rare earth substances imported from China, which are used in all variety of electronics and military hardware.

If it's not in the national interest to minimize the cost of raw materials used in one's national security, then what is? Or do you believe the government is deliberately importing inferior materials from China?