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2023: Tethrd Ultralock Saddle (Formerly, the LockDown)

enkriss said:
But….but…but…he said “high speed low drag” bro!!!

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LOL...it's "high speed low drag" to cut out a minute or two step only if you do that step over and over in a day.

For instance, a carpenter puts the tools he uses all day on his belt. It would be silly for him to hang every tool he uses once per day off his belt.

I don't walk in with my saddle. So, having it on means I don't have to open a mesh sack and put the thing on at the tree. So, I save around 2 minutes over an entire days hunt.
 
raisins said:
LOL...it's "high speed low drag" to cut out a minute or two step only if you do that step over and over in a day.

For instance, a carpenter puts the tools he uses all day on his belt. It would be silly for him to hang every tool he uses once per day off his belt.

I don't walk in with my saddle. So, having it on means I don't have to open a mesh sack and put the thing on at the tree. So, I save around 2 minutes over an entire days hunt.
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Nah, no.

It means if you climb higher, everything is faster.
If you climb lower, you're wearing excessive makeup and sparkles.
 
raisins said:
if only i knew of a guy from Florida that made a solid, expanding panel saddle with wider support webbing......
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I might know a guy! Wish i could remember his name, something to do with being a stalker or something! Honestly, he makes the most comfortable saddle i have ever hunted from. He might know a thing or two about ropes also!!
 
raisins said:
agreed....i'd say minimum of 3 or 4 hours sit to really know if something is going to work for you....hence why the classifieds here are so busy!
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I don’t disagree, but I was thinking 3-4 days minimum. My first three to four hours were spent fiddling and discovering. Then my next 3-4 hours I tried to remember I was looking for deer and not playing Tarzan. The next 3-4 hours I focused on merging the first two sits into something that resembled a “saddle hunt”. Then the next time I finally started feeling like I was doing something fluid and fit for me. I have only hunted out of a kestrel and a rock climbing harness, and I have used an arborist saddle for rec climbing once or twice. So my POV is not one which has been influenced by the “saddle market” like some who have owned a half-dozen saddles or master climbers. And the kestrel is damn comfy for me, and 3-4 days of actual hunting in it really dialed it right in. But in something like an ESS or Treehopper (just off the top, no particular prejudice) or whatever new and “game changing” saddle is released next might take +/- a few days on that number. Also, and this might be mildly influenced by the market, I have observed that those who do the most hanging in their yards and on “highly pressured public” and recording themselves doing these things for YouTube gear reviews or otherwise, in every saddle and platform that ever gets released, actually do the least “hunting from a saddle”. There is no possible way, in my mind, to know how a saddle hunts for you if you’re constantly changing your diaper for each hunt or each week or yacking about hunting near a bedding area on camera while according to you, you’re in the deer. And if changing gear units is your style, cool. Over the course of several months/seasons you’ll get the vibe of each saddle to know how they work and when you wanna change them like Batman changing his suit to fight Mr. Freeze then going back to black for a scrap with Two-Face. That’s a hunting strategy for sure. But I feel more like Wolverine, same simple duds with enough comfort and convenience to pop my blades when I need to, and I just change the colors of camo from time to time. Both superheroes kick ass, but each has developed his strategy for his own situation.
All that to say…you know when something works for you, but it’a tough to get a real idea until you put it through real paces.
 
Islandshooter said:
I might know a guy! Wish i could remember his name, something to do with being a stalker or something! Honestly, he makes the most comfortable saddle i have ever hunted from. He might know a thing or two about ropes also!!
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yep, i've considered buying another and like seal a mealing it in nitrogen or something so it'll stay good...in case he ever stops making them
 
raisins said:
if only i knew of a guy from Florida that made a solid, expanding panel saddle with wider support webbing......
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Even if such a guy existed, he wouldn’t have awesome elastic webbing passing through tubular webbing to solve the impossible pleat falling open problem. You know those Darn Floridiots can’t innovate
 
iamcorey said:
Guess they haven’t hit the JX3 booth yet. :)
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I liked sitting in the jx3 that part was awesome. On the ground or in the tree. Hated everything thing else about it, too heavy and bulky. Put four sticks on and a couple other things was over 20 pounds pretty quick. Carry anything bulky sucked out weight too far away making it feel a lot heavier then it was.
 
Mopar1169 said:
I liked sitting in the jx3 that part was awesome. On the ground or in the tree. Hated everything thing else about it, too heavy and bulky. Put four sticks on and a couple other things was over 20 pounds pretty quick. Carry anything bulky sucked out weight too far away making it feel a lot heavier then it was.
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