Walter Klassen – Harness Ladder Strap
Key Features:
- Precision Adjustment: The “ladder” design allows for highly granular, incremental adjustments to the harness tension, enabling operators to achieve a perfectly tailored fit.
- Secure Engagement: Provides a reliable and firm grip within the ratchet buckle, preventing accidental slippage or loosening of the harness during dynamic movements.
- Durable Construction: Manufactured from robust materials designed to withstand repeated stress, friction, and the demands of professional film sets.
- Optimized Load Transfer: Ensures that the harness maintains its intended tension, allowing for efficient and comfortable transfer of the camera rig’s weight to the operator’s core.
- User-Replaceable Component: Available as a standalone spare part, allowing operators or technicians to easily replace worn or damaged straps and extend the lifespan of their harness.
- Compatibility with Klassen Harnesses: Designed to work seamlessly with Walter Klassen’s range of professional harnesses, including the FLEX and SlingShot models.
Description
Walter Klassen – Harness Ladder Strap
The “Ladder Strap” on a Walter Klassen harness (such as the FLEX Harness or SlingShot Harness) is a specific type of strap that works in conjunction with the harness’s ratcheting buckle system. It’s a crucial component for achieving a secure, precise, and comfortable fit for the operator, which is essential for effective camera stabilization and distributing the weight of heavy camera rigs.
The Walter Klassen Harness Ladder Strap is a durable, toothed strip of material (often a robust polymer or composite) that resembles a ladder with small “rungs” or notches. This strap is designed to feed into and engage with the ratchet buckle mechanism on the harness. As the operator tightens the ratchet, the “teeth” of the ladder strap catch in the ratchet, allowing for very fine, incremental adjustments to the tension of the harness straps. This precise control is vital for ensuring the harness is snug against the operator’s body, preventing unwanted movement and effectively transferring the camera load to the operator’s hips and back.
These ladder straps are typically sold as replacement parts, as they can experience wear and tear over time due to repeated use and the constant friction with the ratchet mechanism.