Think I posted it here before, but I fell out of a climber when I was 16. I was about 20ft up when I lost the bottom platform (my fault). I swung to the tree next to me and the tree was dead and broke off. My ribs missed a 1ft tall and 6” wide pine stump I cut to improve visibility the week prior by about 8”. Worn a harness ever since.

Almost taken a tumble out of a climber a time or two again by just being disoriented in the dark while setting up. Haven’t talked, but I sure was glad I had the harness.

I started using the saddle and I feel more secure on that than I do with the climber with a full body harness. The saddle is always on tension and if you do slip, you can get right back up and climb down. It’s better than dangling 15’ up for hours. If you don’t trust the rope with a fairly static load of climbing, not sure how you’ll trust one with the load of a 5’ fall before it catches.