When I asked some new climbing friends to guess how many brands make climbing harnesses the first climber said “16” and the second, who reported knowing this was a trick question and upped his answer, threw out 26. Andreas, who makes all of our climbing videos, also guessed 25. Not surprisingly, WeighMyRack’s official count is higher, at 38 brands selling UIAA / CE / ASTM certified climbing harnesses. And I’m sure a few more textile companies will show up to the count soon.
Worth noting: WeighMyRack doesn’t cover the professional side of harnesses — arborists, fire, Search and Rescue, etc. But in addition to standard climbing harnesses, we do include harnesses for kids, full-body climbing harnesses, and the style of harnesses that are used by guides, gyms and activity clubs. And we definitely consider ski mountaineering to be climbing so we have those uber light harnesses too.
Every Brand Selling Harnesses made for Rock Climbing
All these brands sell UIAA / CE / ASTM certified rock climbing harnesses for recreational purposes.
ABC Harnesses: See and compare them all Official homepage: ABC |
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Alpidex Harnesses: See and compare them all Official homepage: Alpidex |
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Aspiring Harnesses: See and compare them all Official homepage: Aspiring |
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Arc’teryx Harnesses: See and compare them all Official homepage: Arc’teryx |
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Beal Harnesses: See and compare them all Official homepage: Beal |
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Black Diamond Harnesses: See and compare them all Official homepage: Black Diamond |
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Blue Ice Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Blue Ice |
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Blue Water Harnesses: See and compare them all We’re missing weight so they’re at the very bottom Official Homepage: Blue Ice |
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CAMP Harnesses: See and compare them all CAMP / Cassin US homepage |
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Cassin Harnesses: See and compare them all CAMP / Cassin US homepage |
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Cilao Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Hompage: Cilao |
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Climb X Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Climb X |
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Climbing Technology Harnesses: See and compare them all (missing price so they’re at the bottom of the page) Official Homepage: Climbing Technology |
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DMM Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: DMM |
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Edelrid Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Edelrid |
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Edelweiss Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Edelweiss |
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Fixe Harnesses: See and compare select models (we’re still seeking out many Fixe harness details) Official Homepage: US Fixe / Spain Fixe |
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Fusion Harnesses: See and compare them all (missing weight so they’re at the bottom of the page) Official Homepage: Fusion |
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Grivel Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Grivel |
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Kong Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Kong |
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Lhotse Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Lhotse (thanks to Jan B.) |
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Mad Rock Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Mad Rock |
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Mammut Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Mammut |
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Metolius Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Metolius |
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Misty Mountain Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Misty Mountain |
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Ocun Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Ocun |
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Petzl Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Petzl |
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PMI Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: PMI |
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Robertson Harness we’re in the process of adding Robertson Harness to WMR Official homepage: Robertson Harness |
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Rock Empire Harnesses: See and compare select models (we’re still seeking out many Rock Empire harness details) Official Homepage: Rock Empire |
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Salewa We’re in the process of adding Selewa harnesses to WMR Official Homepage: Salewa |
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Skylotec Harnesses: See and compare select models Official Homepage: Skylotec (thanks to commenter Linus) |
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Simond Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Simond |
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Singing Rock Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Singing Rock |
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Stubai Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Stubai |
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Tendon Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Tendon |
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Trango Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Trango |
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Wild Country Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Wild Country |
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Yates Harnesses: See and compare them all Official Homepage: Yates |
You won’t see CMI harnesses in this list as they are meant for professional use. Similarly, we only list the recreational side of harnesses for brands like Petzl and Yates, who also make harnesses dedicated to professional use.
Are we missing any brands currently selling recreational rock climbing harnesses? Email Alison, or let us know in the comments below.
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Alison Dennis
Alison (she/her) runs WeighMyRack from her 17' travel trailer. She is currently touring the US and would love if you contacted her to meet up to talk about climbing, climbing gear, or if you have any fun and/or ridiculous adventure in mind.
Hi, Rock empire has much wider and modern product line with 22 models of climbing harnesses:
http://www.rockempire.cz/en/eshop/1_sport/1_harnesses
btw. when Your question was “how many brands make climbing harnesses”, 35 brands in Your list is not the answer – Fixe, DMM and very probably Stubai harnesses are made in Czech republic by Ocun and Singing rock. And (if anything hasn´t changed) Tendon is the rope factory and its harnesses are Singing rock origin too.
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Great comments Lada. We’re definitely still working on Rock Empire, it’s been hard for us to get some of the details and many of their harnesses are currently not passing our filters. I should have been more clear about that in this post.
And it’s true that a lot of brands hire other companies to manufacture their gear. That’s why on these types of blog posts, in the header and throughout the body of the post we definitely make sure to say “all the brands that sell harnesses” versus “all the manufacturers that make harnesses.” I believe you are referring to our hastily written Facebook comment–thanks for calling us out and making sure we stick to the same strong principles on social media as we do in our blog posts.
Hi you forgot one of the biggest manufacturer I Europe, Skylotec.
Check out there harnesses here.
http://www.skylotec-sports.com/startseite
Great catch Linus! I’m adding Skylotec to the list now.
is that rock climbing harness or not? 😉
http://www.rossignol.com/BY/BY/phantom-neo-harness-pant–2014–RL3MP15–product–clothing-all.html
sure it fits to ice climbing and winter climbing