i have a SOP harness and i set my high enough on the tree that the tether strap is almost tight when i set down, mainly cuase i dont want to fall far if a fall were to happen,,and i have draw to my right and have had no problems, i have more problem with hittin the tree with my drawin arm when i am drawin but have not any problem with the tether, also one to thing to consider about lowerin the strap is the fall time. The longer u fall the fast u are goin and the more force that the strape and harness is goin to have to stop which could make failure even more likely,,so u may be able to handle the fall but the harness may not,, escecially if u is a bigger person