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Official Predator Platform review thread!!

Super pumped to get an email this morning saying my Predator is being shipped. I still have one more tag in my pocket, and I'm determined to shoot one of of it.
 
Just recieved my Predator today. I only had an hour to test it out. But my first impression is that this is absolutely awesome. No flex. Rock solid on the tree. Fits in my pack. And shooting to my weak side is now a slam dunk. I am super happy. Thanks guys for putting this out to market. Game changer for me.
 
Just recieved my predator shipping notification which completes my order. September 24th #9243
 
We had our 1st relapse of noise.

To recap...
My Predator was quiet out of the box. After several hours of use, it started the pops and creaks that other guys have experienced so I did the wax remedy and it stayed quiet for many hours...until yesterday morning during 20 degree temps, when the noises returned.
But, after a few hours, the temps warmed up to freezing or so and the noises stopped. My wax doesn't seem to work well under fairly cold temps.

So, are any of you guys that tried the wax fix, experiencing any reoccurance of noise during colder temps?

Is there a better, bomb proof, odorless remedy for fixing noise? I'd rather not drill out the post for nylon sleeves, but I will do whatever it takes as long as the integrity of the stand isn't
compromised.

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Allegheny Tom said:
We had our 1st relapse of noise.

To recap...
My Predator was quiet out of the box. After several hours of use, it started the pops and creaks that other guys have experienced so I did the wax remedy and it stayed quiet for many hours...until yesterday morning during 20 degree temps, when the noises returned.
But, after a few hours, the temps warmed up to freezing or so and the noises stopped. My wax doesn't seem to work well under fairly cold temps.

So, are any of you guys that tried the wax fix, experiencing any reoccurance of noise during colder temps?

Is there a better, bomb proof, odorless remedy for fixing noise? I'd rather not drill out the post for nylon sleeves, but I will do whatever it takes as long as the integrity of the stand isn't
compromised.

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I'll probably have 50ish hours on mine since I put the nylon sleeves in, not a peep

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denots said:
I'll probably have 50ish hours on mine since I put the nylon sleeves in, not a peep

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Predator on the way. What specific nylon sleeves remedied this?

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herd90 said:
Predator on the way. What specific nylon sleeves remedied this?

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Just some half inch nylon spacers I picked up from Stines. The post is an inch and a quarter thick and they didn't have anything longer than an inch spacer. So I used two 1/2 inch and 1/4 inch spacer and put the quarter inch in the middle. I'll try to run by Stines tomorrow and get a part number

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Has anybody tried an anti seize compound on it?

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bigjoe said:
So did you actually drill/tap the post?
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Yes I drilled the hole in the post to 1/2". It was 5/16 if I remember correctly, and there is a ton of material there. I have no concern that the integrity of the post was compromised.

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Any updates on where they stand with shipping the rest of th ed platforms ???? Last I heard they were going to be caught up with a big shipment on Oct 29th. Its November 13 th still no platform. I've been hunting off my sticks works just not real comfortable or agile while in the tree
 
I got an order complete email last night for the one I ordered October 12th. Which means they should be getting it out the door this week.
 
Squirrels said:
I got an order complete email last night for the one I ordered October 12th. Which means they should be getting it out the door this week.
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I ordered a platform only, no saddle or accessories on 10/5. I have received no email. Hmmmm...
 
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