Awesome Tips This $1,200 exosuit can take 50 pounds off your back
The HeroWear Apex is a $1,200 unpowered exosuit designed to take up to 50 pounds of weight off the wearer’s back during physical labor.
The HeroWear Apex is a $1,200 unpowered exosuit designed to take up to 50 pounds of weight off the wearer’s back during physical labor.
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Could you use the Apex in your line of work?
12hundred dollar harness with rubber bands on it
It's funny how he grunts when picking up ~45 pounds like it's heavy for him.
Is there a version without velcros? I'm a gardener, so I come in contact with a lot of earth (some may call it dirt).
I think that could be a problem for the longevity of the velcros.
Squats at gym?
"Well inside this box…"
grunts heavy trying to lift the suit + case weight—I'm pretty sure all this does is make sure you have good posture to be real.Yeah these things add 10 lbs that you that you now have to carry around. That extra weight will fatigue you faster so unless your always lifting they will sap more energy than they save because your basically always carrying a backpack. I'm sure some people like these but I can't find an objective review for the life of me.
Can I wear weight lifting gear with this? To further prevent injury?
When I was in college and university I worked night crew stocking shelves in a grocery store The average grocery load we would get was close to 30 000 lbs. we would have to put the stock down the aisles near where it went and then go around and lid the cases o to stock trucks and then place into the shelves so in effect lifting everything twice. This would have been amazing
lol $1,200 for that, looks like something you could make for $100.
This is the problem and why cool ideas never take off, people are trying to get rich quick or hope someone buys them out.
Imagine how many of these would be sold if it cost $100, $200, or heck even $300, but nah $1,200 lol
Would it work for water delivery service ?
Would this help with squatting or deadlifting or rowing???
That’s a really great idea he should add some spring-loaded knee braces to go along with it.
please provide herowear apex exosuit online product purchase world wide sir
I have been looking into this product for about a month now. Doing a bit of research here and there. I have injured my back quite a few times now , and recently started a small business with one of my good friends that requires a little more back use than previously before. Last night i finally sized one of the suits for myself and made the purchase. I don’t know how to thank CNET enough for this wonderful product review. I can’t wait to tell you how the suit impacts my work life.
I bought the hero wear apex and though they claim it does not move pressure to other parts of your body it does, it works very good and DOES REDUCE back pain, HOWEVER it likes to bite into my upper back (the upper strap material and backpack section) and makes my shoulders tired, maybe I have it setup wrong, but I have watched all of their training videos and it hasn't done much, I will continue to wear it as it does reduce back pain but it sometimes gets in the way and gets tiring after a while. I work construction doing concrete.
For 1200? This is a 100$ product since the working classes is the people with the back pain .. not to mention the robot take over hopefully . But yeah 1 an half star
Good for construction is an excellent suit… I really recommend it…ok
The Brewer guys suits were totally clean & its clearly dirty work. You said they’d tried them for 3 months.
Either they weren’t using them for 3 months, they were just cleaned or they were new.
Warehouse ? We supply plumbing fittings and pipes. Lots of heavy lifting. All lifting jobs should have compulsory exoskelton equipment. A worker would be less fatigued and more productive.
I work as a janitor and often times have a sore to spasms in my back. I'm thinking it's more due to my age and back injury. I would love one of these!! (If I couldn't get a hold of an Iron Man suit)
Back pain = weak butt not weak back…
I wonder how it would work for a disabled person who has had 14 back surgeries and needs help to lift things. I could use it to help around the property
Can disable people use it
Got anything to ease the shoulder AND back for letter carriers? Something to take the weight of the satchel?
calling it an exosuit is lying, ill give you 100$ for this back brace
We need a backpack that can carry 100 lbs but transfers all that weight to the bottom of a persons foot.
Attach this person onto a bicycle and not only will you get a capacity upgrade, you'll get a performance upgrade as well.
Imagine giving the strongest bicyclist in the world a 200 lb backpack that would bypass his legs effectively giving them 2-3x the power output for zero or near zero extra power input.
When they sit the weight is transferred into the seat instead of the rider.
You could make the weight batteries and really see how far someone can go with mechanical assistance without the need of external power sources.
If I could throw 200 lbs of stones into my bag, then hop onto my bicycle generator to recharge itself by pedaling on the stop with the rear tire off the ground, you'll be able to produce more power then you'll need with that system alone.
Let alone the 10 other ways to generate or absorb external electricity.
Make it self drivable, and feel like you're sitting in a mobile lazy boy chair, you got yourself the next generation machine.
Been waiting around 2 decades and we're still not quite there yet.
All the pieces of the puzzle are on the table, it's just matter of pulling them together, and having the permission to put them all in one place at one time
Could you explain the physics of how this stops pressure on the spine please!!
Can you try out the IronHand glove from BioServo?
They need to make it all black. That yellow screams "look at me i'm wearing something weird"
$1200 for a non powered brace?