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Add Third Hand Stabilizer straps to your climber and once you get in position and cinch those down the stand is as solid as if it were custom built by a master carpenter.

I have a Summit. Not crazy about using climbers but they have their place especially on state land around CT. My buddy has a Lone Wolf that seems nicer than my Summit but they are $$$..

I used to sleep in a tree lounge fairly regularly lol. Finally gave the thing away after realizing I killed way more deer while on my feet with ability to move/change locations very easily.

I've got two API Grand Slam Magnums and they're great. I like the chain instead of a cable.

This is the new version.
https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/api-outdoors-alumni-tech-magnum-climbing-treestand

Like Seuss said Facebook marketplace! Go summit and don't look back. Can find real bargains on there on used stands. Summit razor my absolute favorite for bow hunting but has been discontinued

API with coated chain. Used it for years. Sits better than my ladder stands.

Loved my API, could snooze all day in it!

Parked it 5 years ago at 55

I have two Summit Vipers. They're awesome. I'd go Goliath or Titan if not carrying it in very far.

I actually might consider buying one. Yes the price is really high but I have a few stands sitting around collecting dust and the sit and climb I use now is getting pretty tired. Sell them all and buy one. I'd rather have the Crossover than a bunch of crap that's not being used

Not since me and my Baker peeled both sides of a poplar tree like a banana on the way to the bottom. Don't you guys have limbs on your trees? I rather like disappearing in a spruce tree canopy to being a conspicuous lump on the side of an open tree.

I started with an Amacker lightweight stand and then moved to an Ole Man with a sling type seat. I haven’t used either in many years but I still find myself thinking, “that’s a good tree for a climber”.

I found one of those old Bakers at the base of a tree a couple years ago. The V on the back was grown into the tree and there was moss on the platform. I guessed at the time someone rode it to the ground and left the phugger where it landed. I found myself looking around for bones of the victim.

One of the first times my son used a climber, it was with the Amacker. I helped him get it set up and before I walked off to my spot I reminded him to tie the bottom platform to the top. I always used two paracord lines to attach the top and bottom sections.

I got about 50 yards and I heard a helluva racket and turned around to see him sitting about 10’ up with a sheepish grin and the bottom platform at the base of the tree. I walked back and old Dad hard time not giving him an “I told you so” but I kept it to myself but it was a good lesson. I told him how to hug the tree and got him down where he could get the bottom tied off.

Those older climbers could be a little treacherous and you had to really pay attention to what you were doing at all times.

He may have left it there while getting the "Baker Burn" from hugging the tree on the way down treated.

We have one guy that absolutely takes every shortcut he can. He now places high priority on tying the two platforms together.

Buckshot Stands

I have had the one I am using since about 1990. Faces the tree so you can use it as a brace or to hide behind. Have killed a lot of nice deer out of mine over the years. The newer ones are a little lighter.

Used to in my rough n wilder days ol man climbers are death traps☠️

I use a summit viper if the conditions are right, usually early bow season when the foliage is still up. Started with the old baker back in the early 80's, still have it, haven't used it since the 90's. Think I keep it just to occasional look at it and remember the some of those hunts.

Still hunting and carrying a climber on my back at 63...but it's getting harder every year. I'm good once I get up in a tree and am happy I went through the effort, until it's time to go and carry it back out!

The leveling system on the Cougar climbers has my attention! Nothing worse than misjudging the angle you need at ground level only to have a mucked up situation at your desired height.