There seems to be a good number of us who are just not comfortable standing and leaning for long sits, and many of us have tried sitting in our saddle with varying degrees of success.
Has anyone tried sitting on your platform with your legs hanging off? It seems to me that the configuration of the post and button/etc. is certainly an issue, but could this be surmounted with a specially designed foam backrest? The depth of a particular platform could also be an issue, as padding the back/post would reduce sitting area. Personally, I have a single aider on my EDP, so my legs would not have to dangle if I adjusted the aider length, and this would probably assist with getting into and out of the sitting position. The knobbiness of your platform could also be hard on your backside, but this could also be covered with sit pad when used as such.
I have used this before I transitioned to the saddle and platform in an old climbing tree stand when I was climbing with a tether (before I discovered that there were others like me out there experimenting with lightening the load and saddle hunting). I have also used this on my LWHC before it broke.
I am curious if anyone else has tried this and what your experience has been. I found that sitting on my old stand worked fine if the base was not much longer than my femur length, and I had no problems gun hunting or shooting my bow at expected angles. I can see that sitting like this could make some shots very difficult, especially with a bow. In my LWHC, the bigger issue was instability of the "platform" when transitioning up/down, but I was not using any extra tether to hold the HC to the tree, just the tension band. I am guessing that a bit of Amsteel could fix that. If we can figure this out, it just seems like another way to increase versatility without spending another $500 on a hybrid stand.
Hugh
Has anyone tried sitting on your platform with your legs hanging off? It seems to me that the configuration of the post and button/etc. is certainly an issue, but could this be surmounted with a specially designed foam backrest? The depth of a particular platform could also be an issue, as padding the back/post would reduce sitting area. Personally, I have a single aider on my EDP, so my legs would not have to dangle if I adjusted the aider length, and this would probably assist with getting into and out of the sitting position. The knobbiness of your platform could also be hard on your backside, but this could also be covered with sit pad when used as such.
I have used this before I transitioned to the saddle and platform in an old climbing tree stand when I was climbing with a tether (before I discovered that there were others like me out there experimenting with lightening the load and saddle hunting). I have also used this on my LWHC before it broke.
I am curious if anyone else has tried this and what your experience has been. I found that sitting on my old stand worked fine if the base was not much longer than my femur length, and I had no problems gun hunting or shooting my bow at expected angles. I can see that sitting like this could make some shots very difficult, especially with a bow. In my LWHC, the bigger issue was instability of the "platform" when transitioning up/down, but I was not using any extra tether to hold the HC to the tree, just the tension band. I am guessing that a bit of Amsteel could fix that. If we can figure this out, it just seems like another way to increase versatility without spending another $500 on a hybrid stand.
Hugh