ION Spectre Bar Info?

[nixmatters]

I believe Sun was referring to the "Integrated Spectre Flaps" which is the main difference between ION's new Spectre bar and their C-Bar. Mystic was first to market with this idea; they call them "Stealth Wings."

sorry for spamming with history, but the flaps (or wings) were introduced by NP in 2016 and ditched 2 years later. They didn't work well and people were cutting them off.

[nothing2seehere]

<Cough> check out the Manera Exo harness from 2014. They called it the 'Tuck flap' system

[Leewavesurfer]

I might be the odd one out on this comment, but I don't like the Mystic "Stealth Wings" which ION re-branded as "Integrated Spectre Flaps." They don't really work as advertised and just seem to get in the way. So for the same reason, I don't think I'd like the ION "Integrated Spectre Flaps" and will probably stick with the C-Bar 3.0.

Since the whole hook system is modular on the Spectre, there is a good chance, that the flaps might actually be removable as well and not sewn on as on the stealth bar

[purdyd]

I like the stealth wings and they are easy to trim to size of your harness doesn’t have the pockets to accommodate them

I wonder how the webbing slider wears compared to rope?

[nixmatters]

<Cough> check out the Manera Exo harness from 2014. They called it the 'Tuck flap' system

thanks, point taken!

[Da Yoda]

<Cough> check out the Manera Exo harness from 2014. They called it the 'Tuck flap' system

Prolimit's s-bar pads going back to at least 2016 has flaps too. It's on their Pin-Release s-bar

[nothing2seehere]

Yeah. I bought one of those prolimit harnesses and desperately wanted to like it. It just didn't feel right wearing it compared to my old harness so I never even wore it down the beach.

My manera exo is getting on a bit so I was hoping the mystic stealth bar would fit but the webbing for the mystic harness is much narrower so it doesn't fit. Might have a look at one of the ion spectre hooks to replace it as it looks pretty nice.