Oh man fanatic, my hat is off to you bud.

I own 4 lw sticks... And they stay on a tree with a home made beefy lock on after trying the same thing shown in that video!

It was so much more a hassle to carry the sticks up with me and then coming down in the dark gathering them. My biggest issue, and even still today is packing them together. They didn't seem as tight or as neat as they are advertised.

As for picking a tree for a climber I completly understand. Thankfuly in Florida, 85% of your trees you would hunt out of
are practical for a climber. But as for the ease of packing... It is as simple as pulling a trigger, throwing the cable around and slide back into the stand, repeat on the bottom. Vwa la! Your set to climb the tree and be hunting in a matter of minutes.

I have a lock on in a huge red cedar, I have one stick to get off the ground, then from there I use branches. If most are trees were like that, I suppose I would adapt. But I started with a climber and couldn't see going back. The only climbing stick combo I would try again, would be the tree sadle. That thing was Awesome if you could manage a feasible packing combo.

Thanks for the feedback

Hey Edge, I wish I had the selection of great trees for a climber like you do. That said, my choice would be the LW hand climber. LW also makes a sit strap accessory, so you can use the hand climber like a sit and climb. Really handy and the stand folds up really flat. Stands vary between 14-17 lbs. In regard to the LW climbing sticks, I had trouble snapping mine together too. Then I figured it out. Each stick has a small hole on the inside (tree side edge). When you stack them, the hole on the top stick snaps into the nut on the Versa knob on the stick below. Works like a charm! Good luck, my friend!

Summit open shot x10.
Bonner

Ill have to look at my sticks again... Surely I'm doing something wrong.

Glad you have a great set up as well, you have more experience then I do with trad hunting, so that alone may change my mind in the future.

Thanks