Hi c s, the EXO-S is intended for overhead work and does not provide any assistance below chin level!

It’s for overhead work. It won’t work for your application.

@@HiltiNorthAmerica will it be a newer model?

@@HiltiNorthAmerica will there be something newer than this one? from hilti

We're glad you think so 💪🙌

Yes, they can touch behind your back if you try. But when your arms are rested to their sides or up overhead they don't.

At first I thought I couldn’t afford it. Now I don’t see how I could be without it. It keeps me working after having both shoulders replaced.

Hi Silvernail, thanks for the question. Each arm is independently managed. For example, you could have more tension on the right arm than the left, or only engage the dominant arm if the other is not doing overhead work. The choice is yours.

My shoulders have both been replaced after a law enforcement accident. Now retired I do construction and it is a game changer. I paid out of pocket and it was worth every penny. You will get a benefit in both arms but mostly the injured arm. God bless oorah!

Hilti actually does help develop these.

So what. It works. I am glad to have it.

I'm whiter then cream cheese, and I work my ass off. It's people of all races.

I am real world. Both shoulders replaced. I can caulk, paint, insulate and install trim overhead with far less pain and degradation to shoulders. Worry’s every penny.

I don't think so... the problem is not that you need more muscles or not... the problem is that human resistance has a limit not only on how much weight to carry, but for how long, what type of load it is, at what height and what conditions, etc.... and let's not forget that someone who practices physical exercises does not mean that they can do a better job than a construction man because the physical activity or activities carried out are not the same, remember that more force and muscles does not mean more resistance. And furthermore, in the event that these workers could actually do physical exercises, would they have the time and the necessary strength after a tiring day at work to do even more stressful and heavy exercise for just a few muscles? I don't believe it. In addition, these exoskeleton do not replace human muscles or strength, they help and complement each other against accidents at work caused by excess weight or very dangerous activities in general for workers in certain things, such as exhausting and very uncomfortable positions for the human body that would harm them in the long term.

It doesn't take away all of your strength, just lightens your arms. You also have to balance how much you wear it.

Try to keep your hand above head for half an hour, than imagine doing it 6 hours a day, every day.

Whoever says something like that has clearly never actually spent a single day doing strenuous overhead work, let alone a career.

​@@asterlofts1565When I started construction I was benching 315 and couldn't hold up a piece of drywall. It's definitely a way different muscle group.