Edelrid Children's harnesses

shesthebaum · Nov 18, 2015

Looking to get my 2 year old son a harness!

I've heard good things about the newtribe ones but i think we have decided to get him an Edelrid. Does anyone have experience with the Fraggle?? I like that it has upper body support and feel that would be better for someone so young.

woodslinger · Nov 18, 2015

I have the fraggle, we got it when Jax was 2 and he loves it. He is 3 now and still fits it easily, and he's big for his age. I was between the fraggle and the petzl (simba I think) and the formed and padded shoulder and leg sections just looked more comfortable to me. He climbs a little, mostly just asks me to set up a rope to swing him from a tree. He likes switching between the front and rear tie in when he wants to "fly like superman".

woodslinger · Nov 18, 2015

woodslinger · Nov 18, 2015

Jeepers! No, he doesn't swing like superman THAT high! Is there an easy way to rotate a pic on here?

sawman · Nov 18, 2015

that's pretty awesome woodslinger :thumbup:

SouthSoundTree- · Nov 18, 2015

Fantastic. I didn't realize that there are such small kids' harnesses.

woodslinger · Nov 18, 2015

I definitely recommend the full body harnesses for that age, they don't seem to care if they flip upside down which gets scary as its hard to make sure the harness is fitted perfect, and their heads tend to have their own gravitational pull - if they can hit something, they will, with their head. On that note, the small kids rock climbing helmet from camp fits Jax's head pretty well too

flushcut · Nov 19, 2015

Good thread!

shesthebaum · Nov 19, 2015

That looks like fun! looks like my husband just got the Finn II though. lets hope it fits and works like a charm! lol. How is he with manning knots? does he show any interest?

FireFighterZero · Nov 19, 2015

Maybe your boy could teach me how to climb some day.

Levi · Nov 19, 2015

My 2 year old has this one http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15440 he loves it.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X...UHtjL_HdGd7kTT750nVmBDnE0P7EhYR8=w467-h622-no

shesthebaum · Nov 19, 2015

oh good! thats the one we are getting. glad it seems to be a good choice.

i dont think that picture you added in your comment is working.

pantheraba · Nov 19, 2015

Cool saddle...and Jessica is right...linky no worky.

woodslinger · Nov 19, 2015

shesthebaum said:
That looks like fun! looks like my husband just got the Finn II though. lets hope it fits and works like a charm! lol. How is he with manning knots? does he show any interest?

Whenever I have to shorten a rope (saw bite or other illness) I seal the ends on the removed portion and give it to Jax, which he promptly "ties" to something to hang up or pull around the house. I have not tried to teach him any actual knots yet, just letting him enjoy his own ideas. He usually asks me to help after a few minutes of twisting the lines together does not produce a productive knot.

SouthSoundTree- · Nov 20, 2015

Levi said:
My 2 year old has this one http://www.treestuff.com/store/catalog.asp?item=15440 he loves it.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/X...UHtjL_HdGd7kTT750nVmBDnE0P7EhYR8=w467-h622-no

IDK. I have always hear kids need full body harnesses. How is it upside-down, Levi?

treebilly · Nov 21, 2015

Don't get me worried now about a full body harness. I'm placing my order this week for my daughters Christmas gift.

Levi · Nov 21, 2015

So far so good!

shesthebaum · Nov 24, 2015

I just tried the finnII on my son today, he needed a lot of reminders on how to lift his body up.... I am thinking we maybe should have gotten the fraggle with its full body harness. Does any one know if this harness is dangerous for someone to be dangling in for periods longer than 10 minutes? I am being told by my husband that it would be.

woodslinger · Nov 24, 2015

I don't know about that one specifically, but I have spent lots of time hanging in my rock climbing harness with no issues (just don't hang a chainsaw on it). I would think a 2yr old would not weigh enough to cause an issue. Prolonged time inverted or nearly inverted would be a concern for me. Might not actually present a problem, but it would concern me if it were my little one.

Levi · Nov 24, 2015

That sounds a little paranoid but I'm no doctor. Suspension trauma takes an hour or more to set in as far I know and that's if your not moving.

pantheraba · Nov 24, 2015

Young ones tend to be "head heavy"...that is why I go for full body. I get concerned about inversion and them falling out.

woodslinger · Nov 24, 2015

ok, maybe you CAN hang a saw from it, but just THAT one!

Wood Collector · Nov 25, 2015

if you are worried about them falling out of a rock climbing harness you can get chest harness add-ons to prevent them from falling out.

shesthebaum · Nov 26, 2015

Wood Collector said:
if you are worried about them falling out of a rock climbing harness you can get chest harness add-ons to prevent them from falling out.

good to know! that could help until hes ready to go it without. Do you know where those would be available? not on tree stuff i would assume but maybe at a store like MEC?

What a cutie levi! my kids got the same saw :thumbup:

SouthSoundTree- · Nov 27, 2015

You can tie a webbing chest harness, if not readily available. People used to tie swiss seats, after all.

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