Both will work. You have to choose which tradeoff is ok for you. With 1/4 amsteel rope, the stick will lock on the tree with minimal stick movement on the tree to set it, but takes a few seconds more to tie it correctly. With a daisy chain, be prepared to never hit the right loop and either burn the time savings on fiddling by twisting the chain or turning the stick sideways, or just leaving it a little loose and knowing it is going down the tree several inches before it sets and will be looser compared to a rope mod or strap. I choose the rope mod because the stick spacing and tightness is most important to me.