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I did not know that Meat Eater purchased FHF, yeah hopefully still produced in Bozeman!
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The Rick Young harness is fine as long as you're not worried about getting caught up while crossing fences or about a hundred other ways the stupid cord dangling off your back may become stuck in things. The Rick Young Harness is the Butt Out of bino harnesses.
Keep in mind who you are hearing the glowing reviews from here. One guy used two different bullets for hunting, switching out from long to short range. Ridiculous. LOL, different strokes for different folks, but the RY harness works great for me. I also really like the Kuiu Pro harness, but it's a bit of a different animal from the RY. Using two loads for hunting also happens to work great for me. Nothing ridiculous about it.
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The Rick Young harness is fine as long as you're not worried about getting caught up while crossing fences or about a hundred other ways the stupid cord dangling off your back may become stuck in things. The Rick Young Harness is the Butt Out of bino harnesses.
Keep in mind who you are hearing the glowing reviews from here. One guy used two different bullets for hunting, switching out from long to short range. Ridiculous. It's really not that hard to tuck it under your outer layer if needed. Much of the time I've got a pack on so the cord is way down the list on things that's going to get caught. Use the bino harness you want with the features you want but the Rick Young is a great, functional, simple piece of gear.
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Marsupial Brand users...
Do you think that any of the cases would work well for a Bible case when not in the field using binos?
I visit the convalescent and share the gospel more than carry binoculars. I need some kind of way to carry a large print Bible and keep the light rain off. It gets heavy after a while. The smaller pouches like the Joey just aren't quite big enough.
HC Yes
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Marsupial Brand users...
Do you think that any of the cases would work well for a Bible case when not in the field using binos?
I visit the convalescent and share the gospel more than carry binoculars. I need some kind of way to carry a large print Bible and keep the light rain off. It gets heavy after a while. The smaller pouches like the Joey just aren't quite big enough.
HC Yes Thanks. I'll look into it. Their latest version sounds like a good candidate.
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I like my AGC, I’m basic though, I just keep my rant finding swaros, bug spray, and a few bullets in it.
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Another vote for the Rick Young shock cord harness and for Marsupial packs. With the RY harness I’ve used my Marsupial rain cover to keep out water and dust. The RY neoprene cover looks like a winner too.
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Rick Young
Have it.
Use it.
Like it.
Recommend it.
BE STRONG IN THE LORD, AND IN HIS MIGHTY POWER. ~ Ephesians 6:10
Socialism is a philosophy of failure,
the creed of ignorance,
and the gospel of envy,
its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
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Rick young and a bino slicker for my 8x30s. Marsupial for my 8x42 meostars and 12x50 swaros.
Went away from the original Kuiu harness...much happier with marsupial.
I also tried a stone glacier. Was super nice, just not large enough for my 12x50s....now that I have a set of 8x42 meostars I'd like to give one a shot again.
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I've tried most of them and keep going back to using a comfortable wide strap around my neck and tucking them into the front of my vest when I'm walking, running, or crawling. Sounds weird but I really like the accessibility and ease of them hanging there when I need them.
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Rick Young is the best straight up harness I have found. I think it is a great setup for lighter weight binos and might be ideal for 8x32's or similar. With my heavy-ish Bushnell Legend M's, it gets pretty uncomfortable. That's just my experience.
I do not find any bino pack to be especially comfortable, but the AGC was been the best I have tried. Marsupial looks nice, but I would like to avoid magnets as I still use a compass sometimes.
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I have a Rick Young. It sucks. Try using that one while riding horses in really rough country. It will beat hell out of you.
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So put it inside your coat in rough country.....
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So put it inside your coat in rough country..... Yeah. Or tucking the bino back up and into the harness bungees works pretty well. I like the RYO for what it is. Still, I prefer my Kuiu Pro for most stuff, and especially on horseback.
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FHF, even on a horse! Even has a spot for my range finder!
Extra pockets, and still Compact enough to be out of the Way!
Love it!
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I have a Rick Young that never gets used. Tried several others sold most of them. FHF is compact & well built now used by my son. Elk hunting I want to drop my backpack & run over the next ridge with whatever I need so that is my AGC. Holds 10x42 EL’s, Leica range finder, tags, pen, knife, extra bullets wind checker. Yes it’s bulkier than I prefer but keeps the binoculars clean, is quiet and holds everything I need except water to be independent from the large pack for a while.
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I used to use an HPG recon but It did pistol carry better than binos and hunting equipment.
Currently I'm really liking the Sitka mountain optics "chest rig" reminds me of the ol battle racks. For me the best part is all the little extra slot pockets built in.
Main bino pocket has a Bungie and magnet management system I like and has a slot for a lens cloth. On the outside of the pocket there's slots on either side one for my Leatherman charge which does a fair amount of work breaking down deer and pigs and lighter/chapstick in the other slot.
To each side is a Bungie lid pocket and a slot pocket on front of those pockets which holds my RF and archery release in one and the other has my Garmin, wind check, mouth reeds and headlamp.
Chest side zipper pocket holds my license and tags securely. I really dig the level or organization on this set up
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I use the FHF with a range finder pouch. Very happy with the setup, it’s comfortable and well built. The side pouch is a little tight for my wind checker bottle
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I use an Badlands XR with range finder pocket, Thinks it great when i couple it with backpack, othervise the Rick Young seems faboulus
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