Tybelt, the belt born
from a climbing harness
It all starts from a simple idea: the best tool is the one you have on you.
An idea from the mountains
In 2010, in the world of climbing and adventure parks, a question arises: why should the gear that protects us on the rock face spend the rest of the time at the bottom of the bag? The idea is to take the principle of a climbing harness and turn it into a belt you wear every day.
The project is filed under the name “Safety Belt”. It will become Tybelt.
A belt certified like
climbing equipment
For the promise to hold, the strap has to be certified. Tybelt obtained EN 566, the standard for the webbing slings used in mountaineering, and category III personal protective equipment status after a CE examination. In the laboratory, it withstands more than 2 tonnes.
Designed in France,
made in Europe
Tybelt is designed in the Vosges by BBM Équipement. Its buckles and its manufacturing are carried out by European partners who specialise in safety equipment.
Key milestones
The idea of a belt drawn from a climbing harness.
BBM Équipement is founded, in the Vosges.
EN 566 certification and CE examination: Tybelt becomes category III PPE.
The birth of the Tactybelt, the tactical version.
Tybelt becomes the reference brand, on tybelt.fr.
Discover the range
Three finishes of Tybelt and three Tactybelts, all certified.
Read the full story
An old worn-out harness, three mountain enthusiasts, an idea in 2010. Since then, the Tybelt belt, certified and designed in France, has been used for everything
We have all been there. The suitcase that will not close. The boot that is too full. The branch to pull, the hammock to hang, the dog that bolted without its lead. That moment when you think: “I need a strap.”
It was there, at your waist. Here is where it comes from.
It all begins in 2010, with an old worn-out harness. Three mountain and climbing enthusiasts have it in front of them, bound for the bin. Two of them have worked in adventure parks: they live surrounded by ropes, straps and carabiners, and know what a piece of equipment has to endure. They look at this strap and this buckle, able to hold a fall, and think it would be a shame to throw them away. What if they made something you keep on you, every day?
In July 2010, the idea is put down in black and white, under the working name “Safety Belt”. Then comes the time for drawing: a logo shaped like a ring closing around a carabiner, pictograms drawn one by one, more than twenty uses already listed on paper. Because this is not a belt with a few extra functions. It is a tool you wear.
Proven, not promised
A belt that talks about safety cannot be content with saying so. So we test it, have it tested, have it certified. A 35 mm tubular strap, proven well beyond what the standard requires, and a CE type examination issued by an independent body: category III personal protective equipment, EN 566, the standard for climbing webbing slings. Two tonnes, at the waist. To our knowledge, no other belt can say as much.
Designed in France, made in Europe. The rest is just stubbornness.
Learning as we go
In the early years, we learn by selling. Online, at trade shows, we meet the people who try it, pull it, test it in their own way. We try partners, countries, platforms. Some routes lead somewhere, others nowhere. One thing sticks: you only have to see it in use to understand what it is for.
Those who wear it say it better than we do
As early as 2013, a tester sees in it “a well-designed French innovation that is simple to use”. Years later, a retailer writes that he has worn one every day since 2022, “without any particular wear”. In between, DIYers, hikers and rope-access workers each found their own use for it, without anyone asking them to.
The detour
Then life takes a detour. Climbing, which was a passion, becomes our job: we design and install climbing walls. The days fill up, and Tybelt takes a back seat. Not at a standstill: every year, belts keep going out to loyal customers. We simply never really told its story.
One detail sums up the spirit of the house. We had taken care over the box: varnish, booklet, pictograms. Then, at climbing competitions where we gave them away, we saw the boxes torn open without a glance. What matters is inside. Today, it travels in a simple kraft envelope stamped with the logo, with its instructions and a sticker. Less packaging, the same trust.
We are back
Sixteen years after the old harness, we are back. Not to make noise: to put Tybelt back where it has always wanted to be, and finally tell what it can do. Secure the trailer. Fix a load on the roof rack. Stretch a tarp. Hang a hammock. Get you out of a jam when nothing else holds. It does not make the front page, it does the job.
Thank you to everyone who wore it while we were elsewhere. You are part of the story.
And if you are looking for a gift for someone who already has everything, give them the tool they did not know they needed. They will wear it every day. And the day they need it, they will already have it.
Wear it for ten years. Count on it once. That is enough.
Tybelt. The tool belt. Certified 2 tonnes. Always on you when it matters.