So I finally got a chance this past weekend to try climbing with my LWHC seat. Overall, I liked it. I have been using sticks and a Gen 1 predator platform, so it's a pretty good net savings in weight.
Where I hunt has a good number of pretty straight trees without low branches so even when using sticks, I often choose a tree that the hand climber would work on. I haven't done the bolt mod and I don't think I will. I didn't have any issue with moving the platform up and down the tree.
I found adjusting the band length as I go up and down the tree a bit awkward, but manageable. I didn't have too much time, so I couldn't spend a lot of time at height, but stability wasn't too bad as long as I kept some weight on even without being strapped down.
It will definitely be a tool in the box that I will use, but there was one tree I tried that was just a touch too big at the base that I could have gotten in with sticks. So, while it's a very nice hammer, still not everything is a nail.
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Where I hunt has a good number of pretty straight trees without low branches so even when using sticks, I often choose a tree that the hand climber would work on. I haven't done the bolt mod and I don't think I will. I didn't have any issue with moving the platform up and down the tree.
I found adjusting the band length as I go up and down the tree a bit awkward, but manageable. I didn't have too much time, so I couldn't spend a lot of time at height, but stability wasn't too bad as long as I kept some weight on even without being strapped down.
It will definitely be a tool in the box that I will use, but there was one tree I tried that was just a touch too big at the base that I could have gotten in with sticks. So, while it's a very nice hammer, still not everything is a nail.
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