Things I loved:
1) Tethrd one sticks gen 3. Never reached for my beast sticks this year.
2) Tactisaddle Nomad...Can't really explain it. It's very comfortable...always reached for it over my Latitude. I'm going to reach out to John this winter to see about some mods to it...as I really dislike the leg straps(I don't like leg straps in general), and for next year I'll be installing an Cruzr amsteel bridge on it. I'm also going to see if he'll sew another piece of webbing on the inside of the waist strap so I can slide in a rope to go buckleless.
3)KUIU Pro Suspension, frame, and 1850 pro bag. Second year using it, love it.
4) Steamboat sharpening block. Used the same knife to gut, skin, quarter, bone out 6 deer this year, with just a simple touchup after each deer. It never leaves my kitchen counter.
Things I hated:
1)Gumleaf rubber boots. Saxon's, fit ok, but damn do they offer no support on my top stick platform, and for some reason, whenever the sun hits them, I get whiffs of burnt rubber. If I'm smelling that, the deer must be as well. Also, my feet got substantially colder than my Lacrosse Aeroheads. Good for walking, stationary, not so good.
2)Extinguisher deer call. Froze up on me.
3) Quaker boy Brawler call...also froze up on me and made a weird high pitch hum.
4) Kong Duck....I just simply hate all mechanical ascenders. Much prefer distel hitch with a 3d printed tender. So much cleaner and much easier to use one handed, especially on the lineman's rope.