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Offline Birdgetter

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Bino Harness/Bivy
« on: May 28, 2019, 09:04:05 PM »
Looking to get a bino bivy for the upcoming year, wondering what everyone has and likes?
Thanks

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2019, 10:16:38 PM »
AGC is what I use.   :tup:

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2019, 06:21:28 AM »
Alaska Guide Creations has better coverage, but FHF is a little more slim. Can’t really go wrong either way. AGC is what I’m currently using.

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2019, 07:11:49 AM »
AGC


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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2019, 07:31:13 AM »
I have an FHF and really like it.

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2019, 07:52:37 AM »
I am happy with my Kuiu and have had it a couple years without any issues.  I recently bought my son a Badlands so we can compare but he hasn't used it yet.

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #6 on: May 29, 2019, 10:59:40 PM »
S4 Gear. Love that thing!

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2019, 05:50:53 AM »
I have the Kuiu one and while it's fine, I'm not 100% pleased with it. It does not provide complete coverage so if it's really raining/snowing, or your busting brush, you will get stuff inside. I'll continue to use it because I'm stubborn, but if I had it to do over i'd go another route.
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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2019, 07:03:48 AM »
FHF. Only one I've ever owned so can't compare. That said, high quality, adjusts in the right places. Real good people running the company.
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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2019, 08:06:42 AM »
Rick Young minimal "spaghetti strap" harness, with a rain cover taken from another brand of bino harness. 

The Rick Young is the only bino harness I've used that keeps binos tight to chest when I want them tight to chest, yet is QUICK and easy to use the binoculars.  Versatile with several ways to snug up the glass.   I hunt the wet and added a minimal elastic edged bino cover I modified from another harness.  Works extremely well.  Also the binos are easy to use with the harness attached when not on my bod. 

 Have owned and used half a dozen other brands/styles and am not looking back.  With respect, I got so I disliked the S-4 because I could not get it to hold the binos tight against my chest and not tilt out at the wrong times.  It also depends on how much stuff a hunter wants/likes on his chest, a very personal kind of preference.




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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2019, 08:45:01 AM »
I have the Kuiu one and while it's fine, I'm not 100% pleased with it. It does not provide complete coverage so if it's really raining/snowing, or your busting brush, you will get stuff inside. I'll continue to use it because I'm stubborn, but if I had it to do over i'd go another route.
@7mmfan
Mine came with a rain cover that I have used to keep it dry and it seems to work OK for my use.  Granted, I have gotten stuff inside when not using that cover, so I can see what you mean there.

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2019, 12:15:19 PM »
I have a Badlands for the last8 years, and love it. They have 2 different sizes, I have the smaller one. Not bulky,   an fit under my coat if I want to.
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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2019, 04:44:00 PM »
I know the AGC and FHF are the most popular it seems. But I think they open backwards. To me they should open away from the body. Right now I own the marsupial harness and the kuiu harness. The marsupial harness is better than any other I have used so far.

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2019, 08:13:21 PM »
Ive had a bunch...sitka, muley freak, crooked horn, nim rod etc.
I now use FHF and really like it. Only complaint is it's not fully enclosed on sides.

Nim rod was the worst.

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Re: Bino Harness/Bivy
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2019, 08:16:12 PM »
I have the badlands and not a fan it's loud
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