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Black Diamond Chaos Climbing Harness

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The Black Diamond Chaos climbing harness is a premier trad climbing harness for serious rock hounds. It offers comfort and functionality to keep you happy on all-day climbs.

Kinetic Core Construction™ (KC²) employs a tri-laminate of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) strands distributed along the horizontal axis of the harness belt
LCP strands are sandwiched between lightweight taffeta and layered with polyethylene foam inserts; a durable nylon shell and a soft, breathable lining complete the design
KC² eliminates bulk and distributes the load evenly throughout the harness, offering excellent comfort while working routes
Bullhorn-shape waistbelt is ergonomically designed for all-day comfort
Lightweight aluminum Speed Adjust buckle is prethreaded for quick and secure 1-handed operation
4 pressure-molded polyethylene gear loops are reinforced with nylon webbing to provide excellent racking space with high strength
Rear elastic straps adjust easily
Black Diamond Chaos climbing harness has a rear haul loop that is rated at 12kN

Weight (see spec chart) is based on size Medium. See specifications below for size detail:

Small fits waist 27 - 30 in., leg 19 - 21 in.
Medium fits waist 30 - 33 in., leg 21 - 23 in.
Large fits waist 33 - 36 in., leg 23 - 25 in.
X Large fits waist 36 - 39 in., leg 25 - 27 in.

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Black Diamond Chaos Climbing Harness Customer Reviews

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Black Diamond Chaos Climbing Harness

3.7

(based on 3 reviews)

67%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

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Comfortable (3)

Cons

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Feb

2013

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Comfortable harness with some drawbacks

By pell

from Sunnyvale, CA

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Pros

Comfortable

Cons

Difficult To Put Off
Difficult to put on
Hard To Fit Right

Best Uses

Indoor

Comments about Black Diamond Chaos Climbing Harness:

This is a really comfortable harness which excels indoors. Outdoors it's not as good:

1. First, it could be hard to fit right. I wear 30 waist/32 inseam pants and my small BD Chaos is too big. I have to tight it too much so it becomes really shifted and decentered. One of 4 gear loops is almost unreachable. Indoors it's not a problem at all, but outdoors it's a real drawback.

2. Second, it's hard to put on and (especially) off. Speed buckle is really all about speed. They forget to say that "speed buckle" means "slow speed buckle", not "high speed" for sure. It's slow to tight and extremely slow to loose. Leg loops are also awkward (too tight) when you are putting this harness on and off.

Final line: a comfortable indoors harness with an extremely high (for its quality) price tag.

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Jun

2012

(1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

This thing is comfy. And good for trad

By wml320

from Atlanta

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Pros

Comfortable
Durable

Cons

Bungee clips complicated

Best Uses

Indoor
Long Climbs
Outdoor
Trad

Comments about Black Diamond Chaos Climbing Harness:

I've had the Chaos since it was released. It is a super comfy harness - I've taken big falls (20+) feet on it and haven't had any back pain etc.

Hanging belays are comfy (ish. Hanging belays are never a cushy couch).

The gear loops are horizontal and don't bunch up your gear. Could use maybe one more on the back, but whatever. If you're carrying that much gears, I have a gear sling.

I find that the bungee cords on the back could have a better attachment system like buckles. They are a little finicky to put on after taking them off.

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May

2012

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Thats good stuff

By crusty climber

from montana

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Pros

Comfortable
Durable
Simple

Cons

Best Uses

Long Climbs
Outdoor

Comments about Black Diamond Chaos Climbing Harness:

-owned a petzle sama harness (similiar to the adjama) for 6 years before I bought the chaos harness and have to say this one is much more comfortable on long hanging belays.

-can take repeated 10- 15 foot falls and feel no pain

-I have used this for about a year now and have put it through the ringer squeezing through tight slots and scraping it in corners and it seems to be holding up very well. (happy with the durability)

-laminated/plastic coated gear loops make racking easy and carries lots of gear well

-I have a size 32 waist and the medium snugs down nicely with full padding around my waist. the small also fit but left about an inch gap of webbing against my waist.

overall it is a great all around harness for multi pitch trad routes as well as the occasional sport cragging harness.