I have had 2 flights on my new superlight (around 2.5kg) pod harness. It is a hammock style harness, similar I imagine to the Advace Lightness, though with an air bag and a mouse bag. I also have a light reserve, so now I am down from a previous 97kg all up to around 87-88kgs. So nice to be able to throw th kit on my shoulders so easily which was a concern with my dogy shoulder and arm. It is called a Zippy and comes from Ukrania //nearbirds.com/publ/5?en

After a lot of adjusting I found on the first flight that it is very difficult to get it the pod footplate, which leaves you hanging from the legloops and feeling wobbly and uncomfortable. Once in though all is fine with slightly bettter weight shift than my Kortel Kannibal. Often when it gets rought I would drop my legs on the Kortel; this seems a bad option with this harness as without pressure on the footplate there is very little control of the chest strap movement. This first flight a nice thermic O&R to the Corrals.

Saturday I had another go after further adjustments, and it was better, but I got a boot hook sagged in one of the lines supporting the pod which untill I freed it made for a very wobbly time as I could not pressure the footplate. Excelent conditions and we headed of to Barco in a group – with our local pilots, who are al relatively low airtime, so the arrival at Barco was a nice flight and a first or some.