As some said above, play the wind. Yep, that's what I've been doing for the last 30 years. I hunt pretty much exclusively out of tree stands and elevated shooting sheds. We've all been there. In a stand, deer is in sight, wind shifts, game over. I'm hoping that this might just give me an edge. We'll see.

As far as the rubber deteriorating, yes, that's one thing my buddy has experienced. But he does put his stuff in a bag with a small ozone generator. But he said in the stand, it doesnt "soak" your clothes with ozone and ruin rubber, or elastic.