Putting on your 2 panel Eberhart Signature Saddle (takes about 15 seconds once your initial 3 adjustments are done) and Eberhart Outdoors YouTube video on using an ESS

The 3 adjustments below should be made before you use the saddle for the first time and should remain the same throughout the years you use the ESS.

*Before putting on the ESS, for hunters with waists under 36 inches, using the adjustment buckle adjust the length of the bridge strap to 18 inches from D-ring to D-ring leaving the adjustment buckle close to the D-ring. For every inch your waist size is over 36 inches, adjust the bridge strap an additional inch.

*Before putting on the ESS, adjust the legs strap buckles until they are near the end of the leg straps as these will hang loose at all times.

*Before putting on the ESS, adjust the strap on the female side of the quick disconnect waist belt buckle so that there is 7 inches of strap between the buckle and where the strap is sewn onto the outer panel. Adjust the male end of the quick disconnect buckle until it is close to the end of the strap. The strap on the female side of the buckle will remain this length all the time, while the male side will be what you adjust once the buckle is connected.

Putting on an ESS 

1. Unbuckle the waist belt buckle and with one hand, grab the bridge strap in the middle and lift the saddle in a manner that the bridge strap adjustment buckle will be on the right side of your hand.
2. With your other hand, level out the 2 panels and then push down on the inner panel until it touches and evenly overlaps the outer panel. At this point the 2 cross braces on each panel should be evenly overlapped and the leg straps should be dangling out front of the inner panel.
3. While still holding the bridge strap and keeping the 2 panels evenly overlapped and touching each other, with the waist belt disconnected, pull the male and female ends of the waist belt buckle out so that they are exposed and dangling out the backside of the saddle (towards you).
4. While still holding onto the bridge strap and with both panels remaining overlapped, with your free hand reach below the D-Rings and firmly grasp both panel sides just below the D-ring slots.
5. Let go of the bridge strap and with that hand remove one of the sides below the D-Ring slots from your other hand. At this point each hand should be firmly grasping a side of the saddle just below their respective D-ring slots with the panels still evenly overlapped.
6. Spread your hands apart until there is an opening between the bridge strap and the evenly overlapped panels that you can easily step through. Step through the opening and while keeping the overlapped panels taught so they don’t separate, with a side-to-side motion wiggle the overlapped panels up the back of your legs and over your butt until they are above your waist and still overlapped.
7. With the saddle panels overlapped and against your lower back, while keeping the panel taught against your back, bring both hands together and grasp both panels just below the D-Ring slots into one hand. Lean forward to aid in keeping the panels on your back and with your free hand connect the male and female ends of the waist belt buckle together and very-firmly tighten the belt. With the inner panel being overlapped by the outer panel, the more you tighten the waist belt on the outer panel, the better it will hold the inner panel in place.
8. Let go with both hands and reach down and pull up the leg strap buckles and hook them to the leg strap loops on the D-Rings (each buckle is designated for a specific loop so that the buckle is pointed in a downward position in the loop) and let them hang loose. Now you are ready for long walks in and for climbing.

*If you wear your ESS on entries and exits, you can wear your lineman rope to keep the bridge from dangling. Pull the sliding carabiner to the end of the lineman rope. Hook the carabiner on the loop end of the lineman rope to either of the lineman loops and wrap the rope around you. Hook the sliding carabiner to the bridge strap and then slide the carabiner back along the rope until everything tightens up.