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Lightweight Climbing Sticks Selection Confusion

enkriss said:
I have tried every stick on the market and am back to using beast sticks….lol
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I can't debate that a bit....they are excellent sticks. I picked up a used single BG stick (5th) recently and put on a BAT mini platform on the top to test out with a ROS I built this winter. If I had to choose one or the other......the Latitude might be the ones heading to a new home.
 
yoda4x4 said:
I'm at the point where I want to get a set of lightweight sticks to be paired up with my Beast Gear stand. As of today I'm really struggling with figuring out what to go with. Trophyline, Beast Gear, Latitude, and Tree Styx... What to do? Each one has their pros and cons.

Beast Sticks
Pros - designed to be used with my stand, typical type of stick, most durable, most proven company
Cons - heaviest of the 4

Tree Styx
Pros - ultra lightweight, aider is incorporated, sticks lock together and make setting sticks easy
Cons - company completely unknown, design unknown with very little information about it, expensive compared to the others

Latitude
Pros - ultra lightweight, connection to tree best among all 4
Cons - durability concerns, limited foot space, no hand grab on top of stick like traditional stick

Trophyline Hyperlite
Pros - ultra lightweight
Cons - connection to tree unknown, could be the loudest when stacking/unstacking sticks, unknown material

So which one do you suggest?

David

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I hunt using a set of 4 xop x2 sticks they are fairly light. I believe 1.7 lbs without attachment method which I am switching to am steel guys USA ropes. They bite seriously into the tree also. I was contemplating getting latitudes carbon ss but I don’t know always seen a lot of flex and seem loud. Good luck on your pick!
 
Bonzikilla said:
I hunt using a set of 4 xop x2 sticks they are fairly light. I believe 1.7 lbs without attachment method which I am switching to am steel guys USA ropes. They bite seriously into the tree also. I was contemplating getting latitudes carbon ss but I don’t know always seen a lot of flex and seem loud. Good luck on your pick!
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I own them both and do not have to choose......other than which to take to the woods that particular day. But anyone who is basing a purchase decision on ~1# of weight difference needs some first hand exposure to make an informed decision.
 
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