![]() ![]() You might want to do this if it is raining and you want to keep your binoculars dry. Or you could wear it under your outer layer. Adjusting The Vortex Harnessīecause it is adjustable, you can wear the harness over a coat or sweater. As long as you have adjusted the straps to give you plenty of strap space, it works beautifully and doesn’t bind at all. When you want to use the binoculars, simply lift them up to your eyes. The binoculars now rest on your stomach (however high or low you choose to position it.) You can walk around hands free. To attach the binoculars to the harness, simply attach the clip on each of the straps to the metal ring on each side of the binoculars. Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness Clips Onto Binoculars Easily ![]() Then slide a metal split ring into holes in each of the folded slips. Slide the slips through the binoculars’ strap attachment loops, folding each slip in half. To use the harness, remove your regular binoculars strap. It comes with two little pliable attachment slips and two metal split rings. The Vortex Binoculars harness is designed to work with any binoculars with strap attachment loops at least 1/2” wide. Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness Attachment Slip and Ring on Binoculars Attaching Binoculars to Vortex Harness I’ve also worn the harness while wearing a light backpack and a camera strap over one shoulder at the same time. ![]() But I find this to be perfectly comfortable. As a woman, sometimes straps for cameras and binoculars are uncomfortable and binding on our anatomy. So I find that it is less likely to bang around or get caught on things. ![]() The binoculars also sit tighter to my body than with my regular neck strap. (If you are wearing dark colors, the harness blends in and isn’t as noticeable to other people either!) Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness Front View Holding Nikon Monarch 5 Binoculars You can easily forget you are wearing it. I’ve worn the Vortex harness for hours without any soreness. The weight of the binoculars is now distributed over your back and shoulders instead of your neck. It may not be stylish but is oh so comfortable. (My husband, shown in the photos, and I each have one adjusted to be comfortable.)įrom the front, it looks a bit like you are wearing suspenders with binoculars clipped between the straps. The other strap does the same on the left side. One strap from this leather piece runs up your back, over your right shoulder, under your right arm and back around to the leather piece. It is a small piece of rounded off leather that sits at the center of your back with four slots to hold the two ends of each nylon/lycra strap. Jim and I both use the Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness. It is a simple inexpensive fix that will save you years of sore necks! Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness Back View How the Vortex Binoculars Harness Works The solution? A harness for your binoculars. And that takes some of the fun out of birding. Even binoculars that seem light at first, can be a surprising drag on your neck after a while. If you spend long periods of time wearing binoculars, you have probably experienced one of the banes of bird watching: a sore neck. One of my most essential birding tools is my Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness. Last Updated on Octoby Nancie Vortex Optics Binoculars Harness ![]()
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