Anonymous_Coward wrote:My impression is that the protective seat is for abrasion resistance, not really for sitting in. I haven't used one personally so maybe someone else will chime in and correct me here. They seem kind of loose, like most (all?) of your weight would still be on the leg loops even with the seat attached.
Not being much of a canyonner I asked one day the answer I got was it's for canyonners wanting to slide down rockslides on their bum without tearing up the wetsuit that they're wearing underneath the harness.