First off, Let me say, I LOVE these sticks. They really bite. But there are some caveats to that. I just came home from my first run with my new beast sticks. The first mishap I had was on my second stick up. I was wearing my Nike sneakers (this could have been the problem). with my right foot on the top step, when I lifted my left foot up, the sole of my shoe was embedded in the tread of the stick and this lifted the bottom cleat. I wasn't sur what had happened, but when I put that foot back down the bottom had kicked out and I went down a little bit, enough that my chest scraped the step from the stick above. Those steps are sharp. I have a nice cut on my chest. So my take-aways from this experience, first, wear boots. I thinks the soles of boots will stand up to the aggressive tread of the steps. Second, wear gloves. I was equally hard on the hands to hold the step to seat the cleats into the tree. This was a learning experience and I LOVE this sticks. This is an awesome product.
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Beast Stick Thoughts
- Thread starter Vorsteg
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Yeah, I have a love/hate relationship with how sharp the standoffs and steps are. I have the gen 1 sticks and from my understanding the newer sticks aren't as sharp as the first batches were as they added a little more radius. I didn't touch the standoffs, but ground a slight chamfer around the steps and it made a big difference. Still got a good grip but not so sharp they are cutting my hands and shoes up.
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I sat out 2 nights ago with light weight hikers, similar to sneakers. I have never had the issue that you referenced in your post. I am a big fan of the
scout platform, https://doublesteps.com/product/scout-platform-1-ooal/, in fact, this is all I use unless I am planning a very long sit. I wish the Beast sticks packed a little better, other than that, they are very nice.
scout platform, https://doublesteps.com/product/scout-platform-1-ooal/, in fact, this is all I use unless I am planning a very long sit. I wish the Beast sticks packed a little better, other than that, they are very nice.
I had a similar experience with my beast sticks. So I wrapped the step and stand off where they stack together in several layers of camo cling wrap. It helped alot