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Artisan outdoors platform

stauffer33

stauffer33

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I just ordered one of these platforms and wanted to know how easy they are to attach and what people who had used them thought about them.
 
Fast and easy to attach to a compatible stick. I added a second bolt for more stability. Its rock solid now. Love mine, but not hunted with it yet.
 
Attached mine to a beast stick. As mentioned above, simple to attach and the quality is top notch. Haven't hunted out of it yet, but plan to use it with my JX3. I wanted something a little more than just the top step of the stick and this fills the bill...
 
I like mine so far, haven't put in a full hunt with it yet though, just tested it out. I put some grip tape on it because its a little bit ( a lot) slippery.

I also put a bunch of washers on the bolts inside the Helium stick strut to act as a spacer so the bolt wouldn't crush in the strut, it seemed a little sketchy without them
 
jspradley said:
I like mine so far, haven't put in a full hunt with it yet though, just tested it out. I put some grip tape on it because its a little bit ( a lot) slippery.

I also put a bunch of washers on the bolts inside the Helium stick strut to act as a spacer so the bolt wouldn't crush in the strut, it seemed a little sketchy without them
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Same feeling when I put one on a Helium stick... I didn’t trust it. I put one on a standard 1” stick and it’s rock solid.
 
shamus275 said:
Same feeling when I put one on a Helium stick... I didn’t trust it. I put one on a standard 1” stick and it’s rock solid.
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It's a little flexy on mine but with a spacer between the struts its good to go, I tested it pretty well at every angle I could torque it at and it flexes a bit but doesn't feel like its going to break or anything.
 
I had one on a beast stick & ran it for a season. I moved away from it b/c I didn’t feel it was enough for a platform & not so much better that my top step to justify the weight penalty. I just use the top of my stick & a couple steps on either side on short sits. But that’s me & some people love it......
 
Bigterp said:
I had one on a beast stick & ran it for a season. I moved away from it b/c I didn’t feel it was enough for a platform & not so much better that my top step to justify the weight penalty. I just use the top of my stick & a couple steps on either side on short sits. But that’s me & some people love it......
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I used the top step of my Heliums last year... it was great for about an hour and then the suck started lol

The Artisan platform is fairly bulky but you do get to feel like Thor hauling it around the woods! lol
 
Bigterp said:
I had one on a beast stick & ran it for a season. I moved away from it b/c I didn’t feel it was enough for a platform & not so much better that my top step to justify the weight penalty. I just use the top of my stick & a couple steps on either side on short sits. But that’s me & some people love it......
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Can you mount the platform backwards to give yourself a larger platform space away from the tree?
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