How to best attach ocular covers when using harness?? (1 Viewer)

[LucaPCP]

I have fallen in love with the Rick Young harnesses: so easy to use, they take so little space I can wrap them around the binoculars and store in the binocular case (no more loose straps in my backpack that get caught on everything)...

But the problem, common to most harnesses I guess, is how to attach the ocular covers. If using a strap, the covers are threaded through the strap, but this is not possible when using a harness, since the harness "pulls" on the binoculars at an angle. So I have been using a small rope, as in the photos. This works, but it's not great, because the covers dangle too much, and they sometimes get twisted with the harness.

Has anyone found a great way to solve this problem?

Luca

 

[mwhogue]

I have fallen in love with the Rick Young harnesses: so easy to use, they take so little space I can wrap them around the binoculars and store in the binocular case (no more loose straps in my backpack that get caught on everything)...

But the problem, common to most harnesses I guess, is how to attach the ocular covers. If using a strap, the covers are threaded through the strap, but this is not possible when using a harness, since the harness "pulls" on the binoculars at an angle. So I have been using a small rope, as in the photos. This works, but it's not great, because the covers dangle too much, and they sometimes get twisted with the harness.

Has anyone found a great way to solve this problem?

Luca

Luca,

I use small zip ties with the RYO harness. Less dangle and no twisting.

Mike

 

[LucaPCP]

Luca,

I use small zip ties with the RYO harness. Less dangle and no twisting.

Mike

Do you attach the zips to the binocular eyelets, or to the RY metal ring?

 

[GrampaTom]

Heres How I do it:

 

[mwhogue]

Do you attach the zips to the binocular eyelets, or to the RY metal ring?

I don't use the metal rings, use zip ties for that too. The rings were wearing away some paint on the eyelets.

See pic below for my method.

Mike

 

[pbjosh]

I also just zip tie the RY harness to the mount point without metal rings. I also use a small loop of cord for the ocular cover as others have done in their photos