OK, I finally got some time over the holiday weekend to test the summit climbing option. I climbed two different trees with it and them climbed the same two trees with my hawk helium sticks. My hawk sticks are the new style which I removed the cam buckle and added a rope for a Chinese knot. Results in my opinion are as follows.
The hawk sticks are alot quieter. The summit is harder to control drag on the tree.
The hawk climbing sticks required alot less effort which resulted in less sweating, which is a major plus.
The difference in weight was around .60 of one pound. I did find it alot better carrying the stackable sticks. Which they have the suction cup stacking system on that is a great addition.
So overall for me I wont be using the summit, I see no real advantage for the extra effort required to climb. In addition I did need to add a strap to the summit to stabilize it so I could use side load. I do have a tethrd predator platform I plan to use this season. I hope this helps answer some questions other might have when looking at options to climb. For reference I am 5'11" 175 lbs in fairly good shape. The effort required to reach 18' with the summit in my opinion was three times and much physical exercise and it was around 80f.
Thx
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