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I live in Southern Illinois and only get to ice climb once or twice a year if I'm lucky. During the short window I try to maximize my time on the ice. I recently retired a harness that had clipper slots on it, and am wearing a Petzl harness without clipper slots. I thought that these would be a great option, especially since the times they get used are rare. They work fine for a bit but shoulkd you sit down to put on crampons or have your back against the rock in a chimne, etc, the tab on the metal closure rod slides off the end of the rod and the caritool can fall off. I'm no engineer but I wish there was a better way to leep the rod on. Maybe pining the end of the rod so the plastic thing doesn't slip off. In the end however I don't use it that much so it'sa probably not a big deal. I got 2 for pretty cheap and it was much cheaper than buying a new harness when i didn't need one.