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Harness comparison (Update)

Ziad BassilZiad BassilApril 5, 20166
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 Harness comparison ( Update)

Harness comparisons:
Impress 3 M – Genie Race 2- Genie Light – WV GTO-WV X-Rated 6 L— Lightness 2 — Ozone Forza — Ozone Exocet — Genie Lite 2 —Genie Race 3 — Ozone Ozium — Gin X-Alps

Most comfortable seated harness. As 1 being most comfortable “ONLY for the seating position”.

1-Impress 3 / Forza / Lightness 2
2-Genie Race 2 / Ozium / Exoceat
3-X-Rated 6 / Genie Race 3 / Genie lite 2 / Gin X-Alps
4-Genie Light – Impress 2 +
5-WV GTO (being fairly comfortable also)

Most comfortable in roll (In roll stability ). As 1 being most comfortable.

1-Ozone Exocet
2-Genie Light 1 /  WV GTO / Forza /  GIn X-Alps
3-Impress 2 +  / X-Rated 6 L / Genie Race 3 / Genie lite 2
4-Genie Race 2 / Ozium / Lightness 2
5-Impress 3

Harnesses with legs supported naturally (Very comfy) from the current ones.

——  Exocet / Forza / Impress 3 /  Lightness 2  
 
Weight of the harnesses
Impress 3 M   ± 5 kg
Genie Race 2  ±10 kg
Genie Light 1   ± 5 kg
WV X-Rated 6 L   ±7kg
WV GTO  ± 5 kg
Lightness 2    ± 3 kg
Ozone Forza   ± 5 kg
Ozone Exocet  ± 9 kg
Genie Lite 2    ± 4.5 kg
Genie Race 3  ± 7.5 kg
Ozone Ozium  ± 3 kg
Gin X-Alps   ± 2 kg

Conclusion:
The WV GTO and the Genie Light are intended for the recreational pilot that wants a light pod. They are easy and a pleasure to fly .
The Impress 3 is the most comfortable seated harness, but has a bit more roll than the others and would need some time to adapt under it …
The Genie Race is a harness oriented for competitions or for pilots looking for refined sensations. It has more roll than the Impress 2 + but its roll is limited to a certain angle and then it stops allowing its pilot to re-adjust under the glider. The pilot will not feel disoriented, but some flights are required to adapt to this excellent harness. The only bad side is its high weight. Beside that it is an excellent harness with every detail a pilot would think of…A full professionally made, complete harness. I liked it very much.

With the arrival of the X-Rated 6,Woody Valley has created a comfortable harness, easy to access, smooth accelerator pulleys, Two rescues pockets, anti-G pocket. I felt that this harness is the most complete with all the small details in the best finish a harness can have !

It is really not as heavy as the Genie Race. The X-Rated 6, weights around 7.3  kg with a big back protection included.
A very beautiful product with a very clean finish .
The Forza has a comfortable seating position with a moderate roll movement in turbulence.
The Genie lite 2 has a very good construction finish.
The Gin X-Alps is very comfortable for a very light harness with less roll than the lightness 2 and with a compact and coherent feel with the used glider !

Harnesses are very difficult to test fly as each pilot have different structure …But IMHO, for my height of 1.81 m and 75 kg.

Happy flights,
Ziad

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8 Comments

  1. Nivus on April 15, 2016 1:15 pm

    The Sup'air Delight II is missing in your comparison. 😉

    Reply
  2. steward on April 18, 2016 7:19 am

    Thanks for this kind and informative post about Parasailing

    Reply
  3. Unknown on April 25, 2016 6:07 am

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  4. Unknown on May 23, 2016 12:09 pm

    It would be interesting knows tour opinion about karpofly extralight.

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  5. Unknown on November 12, 2016 10:15 pm

    Hi Ziad! Thank you for this great source of comparison.
    It would be great if you could write which size you have tried (it's a pretty selfish request, but I'm also 1.80m and 75kg 🙂 so it gives a first hint on the size I should try).
    Also have you the chance to try a Kortel Kamasutra II at some point in your pilot career. If yes, how would you compare it with a Forza, a Gin Genie Lite 2 and a Lightness 2 ?

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  6. earthyvic on February 15, 2018 8:13 pm

    The Kortel Kuik 11 along with its cocoon pod would also be worth this assessment evaluation

    Reply
  7. Mafufo on April 17, 2018 11:08 pm

    I've seen you have other reviews in the paraglidingforum, it would be nice to have the comparison of those harnesses to the ones here.
    I also would suggest a review of the Karpofly since those are the only inflatable harnesses and the ones with lowest g in the test results.

    Reply
    • Ziad Bassil on April 18, 2018 2:14 pm

      Thanks ! I'll try…
      Cheers

      Reply
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