Home > Consumer Reviews > Op/Tech Bino/Cam Harness, Elastic Version for Cameras & Binoculars - Black

I purchased this harness for use with my Nikon D80 and a Nikkor 18-200 lens. The camera and lens are quite bulky and heavy and I needed a solution for hiking. This elegantly simple harness works beautifully. I can carry the camera all day hiking through the Rockies without neck or back fatigue, without the camera swinging side to side or front to back and yet with it quickly and easily available for use. When I bend down to examine something or simply tie my shoe, the camera doesn't fall into the middle of whatever I'm doing. A friend bought the harness for his Nikon Stabilized binoculars and has reported back that it works beautifully with the binoculars as well. I've been delighted with my purchase.

I recently returned from a trip to the Amazon, and Lake Titticaca where I used the OP/Tech Bino/Cam Harness. It provided great support for a faily heavy DSLR with a 18-200mmlens. Use while walking was a joy, and in boats I did not have to worry about the camera swinging wildly about when boarding a boat, or when getting off. Several people on the trip wanted to know where to get a harness for themselves, for Cameras, or Binocculars.

This was the only elastic camera harness I could find, and it is a good one. Plenty of room to go over a winter parka, yet adjustable enough for just a T-shirt. Simple to use and adjust.

I'd purchased a similar binoculars harness from Cabela's and wasn't happy with it. The Cabela's product had fixed connections between the harness and the binoculars. On this unit, the connection point slides. A much better solution, on my other unit it's difficult to adjust the strap lengths so that it doesn't feel like you have to tug the unit up to your eyes. On this unit, the binoculars slide right into place.
The other nice thing about this unit is the price. If you look, you can buy the same product with a brand name, Ziess, Nikon, Audoban, Steiner, etc...but you pay more! Without the brand name you get the same product and a very low price. I'm totally satisfied and plan on buying another one for my camera!

I did quite a bit of research on this type of product. Various binocular harnesses from different brands such as Nikon, Field and Stream, Leupold, REI and others. I came to the conclusion that they are all essentially the same product, barring the name on the little leather patch that ends up on your back. My advice is to find the least expensive one and get it. Unless it is important to have the "Leupold" name on your back, you are wasting your money.

The harness does what it claims. I use it when hunting and I bust through quite a bit of brush. The binocs stay put until you need them, and then they are easily accessed. Definitely worth getting, provided you don't spend more than 20 bucks on them.