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Nathan 020 Propulsion Harness

our price: £40.00

For the uninitiated, this is a thing you can drink out of whilst running, but for the sake of argument, let’s call it a propulsion harness. Now I know it looks a bit weird, but at the end of the day if you are serious about what you do that shouldn’t matter. It is made from soft lightweight breathable mesh, which is comfortable and won’t damage your clothes. The wide straps across your shoulders spread the load evenly to ensure it doesn’t cut in, and the positioning of the weight in your back means you hardly notice it at all. It adjusts in many places to give you a good fit that won’t restrict or dig in, and as it pulls in from the top of the bag, rather than the sides, it doesn’t bobble about and annoy you. There are two baskets on the front, to either put the end of your drinking tube in, or for extra drinking bottles or gels. There is also a big zipped pocket on the front for your phone, compass, gobstoppers etc, so you can get to everything you need without taking it off. Round the back there is another pocket, but with a full bladder you would struggle to get much in it. The bladder takes 2L, and the bite valve is good and neither drips, nor requires the suction power of a dyson to extract water from. It is also easy to get out and fill. All in all it’s one of the best drinking thingies I’ve seen – it is obvious that a great deal of thought has gone into it.

Nathan are an American company whose product developers are adventure racers, ultramarathoners, and general all round hardcore endurance althletes. This is what they say:

“Most companies’ new products are conceived in the boardroom, often mere clones of successful products designed by others. At Nathan, our product development labs are the terrain we constantly strive to conquer.
We do our best product research scaling the Tetons, crossing the Grand Canyon or clinging to a sub-6 minute pace 20 miles into a marathon— because what needs to be improved often becomes clear only under extreme conditions. In fact, nearly all of our best ideas for new products hit us when we’re training for, or competing in, trail hundred-milers, epic mountain bike rides, adventure races, and triathlons. Every race, ride or run is an experiment in redefining the very notion of “humanly possible” that requires not just the heart of an athlete, but also the mind of a scientist”

Technical bits
3-way Propulsion Harness
2 Liter hydration bladder with filter-compatible screw top closure and bite valve
Twin front holsters for carbo-gel and/or GPS
Two zippered rear compartments
Zippered front pockets
Lightweight, breathable wall mesh with soft perimeter binding which is comfortable and will not damage technical apparel
Weighs just 6 oz