Hanging in a harness is tolerable for a while. Working in one for hours is not, because the load concentrates at the leg loops and cuts off circulation. A working seat spreads that load across the back of the thighs and gives the technician something to sit on, which turns an endurance exercise back into a job. This one has aluminium reinforcement inside so it stays rigid rather than folding into a strap under load.
It is an **accessory to a suspension harness**, not a substitute for one. It clips to the ventral D-ring of an EN 813 harness and the harness continues to carry the load path.
Key Features
- Internal aluminium reinforcement: Keeps the seat flat and rigid under load rather than folding up. That is the difference between a seat and a strap.
- Attaches to a ventral D-ring: Works with any suspension harness carrying an EN 813 ventral attachment.
- Three karabiner loops: For tools and accessories, positioned where a seated technician can reach them.
- Stowage loop: Attaches the seat to the harness belt when not in use, so it neither dangles nor gets left behind.
- Fully adjustable: Set to the user rather than one fixed geometry.
- 23 kN breaking strength: With high strength steel components and 44 mm webbing.
Technical Specifications
| Property |
Value |
| Product Code |
FA 70 006 00 |
| Type |
Working seat, harness accessory |
| Reinforcement |
Internal aluminium |
| Attachment |
Ventral D-ring of suspension harness |
| Loops |
3 karabiner loops, 1 stowage loop |
| Webbing Width |
44 mm |
| Breaking Strength |
23 kN |
| Material |
Polyester webbing, alloy steel fittings, aluminium reinforcement |
Requires a harness with a ventral D-ring: Fly'in 3, Speed Air 5 or the Fly'in 4 belt.
Harness Accessory | Requires an EN 813 Suspension Harness
This is an accessory to a suspension harness and is not itself fall protection or a sit harness. It must be used with a harness carrying an EN 813 ventral attachment point, which provides the certified load path. Rope access requires specific training and certification and an independent back-up system. Inspection by a competent person at intervals not exceeding 12 months.
Suitable Applications
Used by rope access technicians on any job involving sustained suspended work: façade inspection and cleaning, structural survey, wind turbine blade work, painting and coating at height, and cable and antenna installation. The seat makes the difference on tasks measured in hours rather than minutes. For brief descents or short inspections it is unnecessary weight, and most technicians judge by how long they expect to be hanging.
More About This Product
The anchorage is the part of a fall protection system people think about last and should think about first. Most sites can produce a harness and a lanyard within minutes; producing a certified, assessed anchor point is a different matter, and it is what genuinely determines whether the system works.
The forces involved are the reason. Arresting a fall is a dynamic event, and the load a falling person imposes on an anchor is many times their body weight — which is why BS EN 795 exists as a standard in its own right, and why the structure the anchor attaches to has to be assessed separately by someone competent to do it. The anchor may be certified; the beam, the tube, the roof purlin almost certainly is not.
Anchor Position, Fall Factor and Swing
Where the anchor sits changes the severity of a fall more than any other single decision.
Fall factor is the ratio of fall distance to the length of lanyard available to absorb it. An anchor above the head gives the lowest factor and the gentlest arrest. An anchor at foot level gives a factor 2 fall — the worst case, generating forces a shock absorber may struggle to control, and it is what happens when someone clips onto something convenient at their feet rather than something suitable above them.
Pendulum swing is the second consideration and the one that catches people out. An anchor directly overhead means a fall goes straight down. An anchor off to one side means the faller swings, and the swing can be more dangerous than the drop — into structure, into plant, or across a surface at speed. A swing that ends against a steel column is not survivable simply because the harness held.
The practical rule is to position the anchor as high as practicable and as close to directly overhead as the work allows, and to reassess it every time the work position moves.
How to Use the Easy Seat
- Confirm your harness has a ventral D-ring: The seat is an accessory and needs an EN 813 attachment to clip to.
- Adjust before you need it: Set the seat to your build on the ground, not while suspended.
- Keep the harness load path intact: The seat improves comfort; the harness carries you. Never rely on the seat as the attachment.
- Use the stowage loop when not seated: A dangling seat snags on structure and rope.
- Maintain an independent back-up on rope: As with all rope access.
- Use the karabiner loops for tools only.
Warning: The Easy Seat is a comfort accessory, not fall protection and not a sit harness. It must be used with a suspension harness carrying an EN 813 ventral attachment, which provides the certified load path.
Safety Information
- For use only by trained and certified rope access technicians.
- Not fall protection. Requires an EN 813 suspension harness.
- The harness provides the load path; the seat provides comfort.
- Adjust on the ground before use.
- Stow the seat when not in use to prevent snagging.
- Karabiner loops are for tools, not for attachment.
- Inspect webbing, stitching, fittings and the reinforcement before every use.
- Inspection by a competent person required at intervals not exceeding 12 months.
Inspection and Maintenance
Check the webbing on both faces for cuts, abrasion, fraying and UV degradation, and examine every line of stitching, particularly at the attachment points and where the reinforcement is captured. Press along the internal aluminium reinforcement feeling for any bend, crack or displacement, since a distorted reinforcement means the seat no longer sits flat and may be concealing damage to the webbing around it. Check all steel fittings for corrosion and distortion, and confirm the adjustment holds under load without creeping.
Downloads
- No documentation supplied by GT for this product. Contact us for the Kratos user instruction manual.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I use it instead of a harness?
No. It is an accessory that clips to a suspension harness ventral D-ring. The harness carries you; the seat makes the hanging bearable. Without an EN 813 harness there is nothing to attach it to and nothing carrying the certified load path.
Q: Easy Seat or bosun's chair?
The Easy Seat is a harness accessory, lighter and stowable, for a technician already in a suspension harness. The bosun's chair is a heavier working seat rated to 140 kg and certified to EN 1498 Class B, better suited to sustained work in one position. Different tools for different jobs.
Q: Why does it need aluminium inside?
Because unreinforced webbing folds into a strap under load, which puts you back where you started. The reinforcement keeps the seat flat and spreads load across the thighs, which is the entire point of the product.
