I wonder if saddles will be getting more and more expensive, like these hang on stands? I just saw the new Beast stand for $625!!
First allow me to say I believe absolutely 100% a person is absolutely and completely entitled to spend their money any way they choose and is of no concern let alone the business of anyone else.
Having said that I feel the majority of hunting equipment and clothing ESPECIALLY because the majority is made in China or in factories other than American is obscenely over priced and I spend MY money accordingly
Is the new Beast stand overpriced IN MY OPINION
Yes absolutely I believe it to be obscenely overpriced and I will not even consider be buying it
But for others it will in their opinion represent a sound investment especially if they hunt strictly public land run n gun
Hell I have difficulty leaving my 30 year old $130 Vantage point stands out on private land for months at a time and thats with using two separate way to lock them onto the tree and I leave the bottom 4 SITS out sometimes as well.
NWIH I'd ever leave a Beast, LW or LWCG treestand out even if I hunted it in the am and were coming back to it for a PM hunt if on public land
But again stands like the LWCG and Beast don't appeal to private land hunters and IMO were designed for are specifically marketed to people who hunt predominantly public and run n gun and never leave their stands or climbing methods in the tree once their done hunting for that day or sit
Lastly to make a stand that large and that light it has to be of minimal dimensions and for us hunters that start at 250lbs in our B-day suits before we put on so much as a sock and the closer your fully dressed and equipped weight gets to 300lbs the more one had better as closely as you can check to insure such a minimalist stand design will hold up as well and as for long as other heavier less expensive designs will.
If your a big man and big hunter like me and my weight fluctuates between 230 and 260lbs let alone if you weigh more I SAH would be in no screaming azz hurry to be a bata tester for this stand.
Again all are just MY opinions