For dogs in the car, do you have any thoughts on SleepyPod harnesses? They claim to have legit crash-testing results, and appear to be on the level from what I’ve seen. I’ve been curious, but haven’t actually used one.
The only testing for dog restraints actually uses a standard for child car seats. While better than nothing, it's applicable to small dogs only because its focus ends up being on preventing them from contacting the back of the front seats. Large dogs are already in contact with those seats.
And getting a dog in and out of a harness in daily life can be challenging too.
If you do want to go that direction, I'd suggest looking at the Ruffwear Load Up. They took the Center for Pet Safety stuff into account, then threw out the idea that dogs are the same thing as children, and designed a product for dogs. Ruffwear is a great brand, I'd trust it long before any of the offshore stuff.
Any thoughts as to why the more "mainstream" outdoor brands aren't using alpha or active evolve? It seems like there would be a market for this type of fabric.
So a big brand like Arc'Teryx is placing orders with its Chinese factories 5 years in advance. And that ends up being their lead time on new technologies. They're also just in the business of selling commodity goods, not innovation or performance.
For dogs in the car, do you have any thoughts on SleepyPod harnesses? They claim to have legit crash-testing results, and appear to be on the level from what I’ve seen. I’ve been curious, but haven’t actually used one.
The only testing for dog restraints actually uses a standard for child car seats. While better than nothing, it's applicable to small dogs only because its focus ends up being on preventing them from contacting the back of the front seats. Large dogs are already in contact with those seats.
And getting a dog in and out of a harness in daily life can be challenging too.
If you do want to go that direction, I'd suggest looking at the Ruffwear Load Up. They took the Center for Pet Safety stuff into account, then threw out the idea that dogs are the same thing as children, and designed a product for dogs. Ruffwear is a great brand, I'd trust it long before any of the offshore stuff.
More here: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/tools/we-need-talk-about-keeping-dogs-safe-cars/
Any thoughts as to why the more "mainstream" outdoor brands aren't using alpha or active evolve? It seems like there would be a market for this type of fabric.
So a big brand like Arc'Teryx is placing orders with its Chinese factories 5 years in advance. And that ends up being their lead time on new technologies. They're also just in the business of selling commodity goods, not innovation or performance.