looks good! whats total weight with the full length LW sticks?
Can't remember.
22 as it sits with 4 cut down sticks, bow holder, etc. I went to the short sticks for most of last year for the smaller profile.
looks good! whats total weight with the full length LW sticks?
I'm with you VT, at 5ft 4 the longer stands hit me in the back of the legs and feet going down hill. Have to really watch steping down a creek bank. I broke down and have a echo on the way. May have to see what it takes to make the seat fold over like the .5 or make a M7 seat work like this stand.
Will the novix stands do that???
they will if you carry around a 7/16” wrench with you to take the offset bracket off and on.
Or take the offset bracket off all together and use the Lonewolf EZ hang hook system.
You think there's that much different between the two? I have an assault ll and was considering ordering a helo just didn't think I would be gaining much?I couldn't help myself had to order a second one for that price most likely gonna sell my Assault 2 stands! And I'm not buying anything else!!!!!!!
I love my beast stand, but agree this bothers me as well. You have to make sure every bit of the slack is out or you'll hit. I can't believe more testers didn't find this annoying during testing and prototyping.UPDATE
I decided to keep the Helo. After getting it and the Beast out some more with some testing I found the Helo checks enough boxes for me to keep $425 in my pocket. The Beast is 2.5 lbs lighter on my scale. My measurements show the Beast to be roughly 2” longer. That is nice but there is enough flex in it that you won’t spend much time out there. The Helo seat is an inch shorter, ironically it fits me better being an inch shorter. The main thing I dislike about the Beast is the strap contacting the tree bracket. Not saying it’s necessarily an issue or problem because it may be a non-issue, it just bothers me personally.
I can't find the seat height on the novix site is it 19in or 20?UPDATE
I decided to keep the Helo. After getting it and the Beast out some more with some testing I found the Helo checks enough boxes for me to keep $425 in my pocket. The Beast is 2.5 lbs lighter on my scale. My measurements show the Beast to be roughly 2” longer. That is nice but there is enough flex in it that you won’t spend much time out there. The Helo seat is an inch shorter, ironically it fits me better being an inch shorter. The main thing I dislike about the Beast is the strap contacting the tree bracket. Not saying it’s necessarily an issue or problem because it may be a non-issue, it just bothers me personally.
I love my beast stand, but agree this bothers me as well. You have to make sure every bit of the slack is out or you'll hit. I can't believe more testers didn't find this annoying during testing and prototyping.
I can't find the seat height on the novix site is it 19in or 20?
Could you replace the batwing with a similar one from lone wolf or novix? (Set aside, for a moment, the comments about “having to” replace the batwing on a $625 stand…..for $12, wouldn’t replacing the batwing address this aspect of the beast stand, if one didn’t prefer the batwing it came with due to how close it comes to the straps?)
Is the strap-bracket contact a function of the bracket itself or is the distance between versa button and bracket less on the Beast Stand?
Or moved up 1” on the postI agree with @enkriss. I think the beast bracket is just to wide. If it were 1.5” less in width overall it would probably fix the issue all together.
I see why.. you won't regret the ELs. I adore mineI just threw mine on classifieds, it’s an awesome stand I just don’t need several stands this season...
I just threw mine on classifieds, it’s an awesome stand I just don’t need several stands this season...