Anyone notice that the bottom of the stick pulls away easily if you're climbing back down with out taking sticks down?I needed to go back down for some thing and was suprising to me that it did that. I was wondering if anyone noticed that? That was with stock straps and buckle.
That is one of the reasons I got rid of them. That and on harder bark trees the teeth don't bite in, they still set fine; but they make a popping and creaking noise when they're loaded with weight, when your weight comes off the sticks the stick will move up and "pop-out" of where it was seated. I personally am not a fan of the bolt design either. I know bolts are not supposed to be loaded the way they are used on the sticks.
The minis have been much better for me but I feel like with where sticks are going nowadays 2lbs a stick with cable aiders is kind of heavy for a $100 a stick setup.