I used my four Beast sticks Saturday. They are light, strong, very sharp and the double steps are great! I'm very pleased with them and have no doubt they'll bite into any tree God has made. They stack loosely by design so as to not make any noise separating them at the base of the tree, however, they do make noise unless you secure them well while transporting them. I will probably paint them, but will definitely put a piece of soft side velcro or mole skin where the sticks contact each other to tighten them up a bit. On the way in I put them on the back of my Loc-On Limit treestand (waiting on Predator) with the standoffs facing my back, my Kestrel and fanny pack (with a handful of Cranford "T Steps", etc.) and jacket secured on top of that. They held on nicely with bungee cords but the lower set of standoffs were kind of close to my back. Not good! In no time at all those teeth were sawing into my waistline like the finals at a bucksaw competition! I had to stop and rearrange the load by putting the pack, jacket, etc. on first and then the sticks. I still had them vertical, but on their side. Much better and a lower profile as well.
Did I mention they were sharp? How sharp are they? They are so sharp that I added another beauty mark to the side of my forehead when I was climbing and looked down to admire my new sticks only to turn my head back towards the sky and get a real good close up! Long story short, they're awesome!
