Climber Stand vs. Hang On w/ Stick Steps

If you move stands alot then i recommend that you use a climber

If you don’t move it often, then i recommend a lock on.

That being said, Millenium M100 is one of the most comfortable stands to be in, i can hunt all day in it.

I personally hate using climbers. Lock on's are super easy to set up and move.

Get you a nice set of Hawk Helium sticks too

I use a few of each. I have a summit viper SD for comfort and rifle season. I use a Lone Wolf Hand Climber during bow season if there are decent trees in the area. I have a Millenium M7 Microlite with Muddy pro sticks that I use when hunting in an area where I want to climb in to heavy cover.

My favorite stand by far is the Lone Wolf hand climber. It's super quiet, light, and quick to set up and climb with. If I bought a lock on again it would probably be a lone wolf. The cast aluminum platforms are dead quiet compared to the hollow aluminum some manufacturers use.

Lone wolf assault with 4 sticks and a lineman’s rope. Light fast and silent.

I can be up a tree in less than 10 min as silent as a mouse.

Climbers are bulky, clunky, loud, heavy and an all around pain in the arse.

Good luck climbing a tree within 100 yds of a buck bed in a climber and not blowing every deer out of there

Climber gives you a whole lot of options in the South.

People who say climbers are loud and clunky have never used a Lone Wolf hand climber. Best thing since sliced bread in the South on public land. Light, folds flat and no wider than my shoulders. Never used a tree saddle but i know a lot of people that both love them and hate them. If you’re staying in one place, a millennium lock on is hard to beat.

I personally like a fixed. I can’t climb like I used to. But a climber allows you to move into areas where you see a lot of signs. Also allows you to go as high as you need.