I have both the Summit Open shot and the LWHC setup. The Summit has been my go-to for a few seasons now. Just hang from your tether and zip up the tree. I have 85% pine trees where I hunt so it works well. I just strap it to my backpack or JX3 and go. I'll use a platform with the JX3 since I need to rotate around the tree. I've hunted out of the LWHC several times. I enjoy the lighter weight and the ability to hunt smaller diameter trees (although that may not be wise based on reported breakages), but the belt tends to get caught on pine bark much more than the summit cable. You need to be much slower and make many more adjustments. Also, I need to shift it to a good angle more often. It's also not as sturdy, so you're always concerned with overloading it or having it drop a little. It's so light and packable, that I've considered bringing it in with the Summit in case the best tree is a small tree. I've added tether straps to advance the tether this year, which will hopefully keep more of the slack out of my line and keep my fingers outside. The only way I'd ever use sticks or steps is if I was hunting north of the Mason-Dixon line. I do not miss that CF at all. I wanna get up most trees to any height securely and within ten minutes without doing some Cirque de Sole stuff. The Summit weighs about 7 lbs, because I added aluminum expanded metal and an aluminum bar, but the walk isn't bad compared to my Summit 180. Especially if you're in any kind of shape and have a frame pack. Once a good climbing platform comes out, I'll be the first in line. On all-day sits I'll still bring my big summit in. With good transport straps it isn't bad at all and it's a hotel in the tree. Best way to get high to see down into cutover.