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TX5 Lonestar Should I?

CP3

CP3

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I’m currently running my first saddle. Phantom XL.

Should I upgrade to the TX5?

I’m looking at the stretch material, not the pleat.

I guess my question is, will it be a significant improvement over the Phantom?

I’m in south Arkansas with a fair amount of days of hunting in warmer weather, is the mesh the better option in that case?

Main expectations are of comfort.

Talk me into/out of it.

Thanks.
 
I think you will get quite a few different opinions, but I couldn’t get anywhere close to comfortable the tethrd saddles.
TX5 is the most comfortable I have hunted out of.
I’m in north Mississippi I haven’t noticed a huge difference from mesh to cordura but when it’s hot down here, you are getting swampa** no matter what you do.
 
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Mengle said:
I think you will get quite a few different opinions, but I couldn’t get anywhere close to comfortable the tethrd saddles.
TX5 is the most comfortable I have hunted out of.
I’m in north Mississippi I haven’t noticed a huge difference from mesh to cordura but when it’s hot down here, you are getting swampa** no matter what you do.
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No joke. Humidity central. Thanks for the reply.
 
You’re not going to get much stretch without the pleat. I would pick mesh with pleat personally. I just find more comfort in a pleat or two panel.
 
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Yep. You should buy that and something else. Then sell what you dont like. Or find a meet up and try them.
I keep eyeballing a Lonestar as well. Just not sure if it is almost $400 better than what I got. I keep talking my self down off the ledge. Or watching for something else to come across the classifieds to try.
 
bowhuntr09 said:
You’re not going to get much stretch without the pleat. I would pick mesh with pleat personally. I just find more comfort in a pleat or two panel.
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What about sizing up and going stretch? Is that the same difference?
 
MattMan81 said:
Yep. You should buy that and something else. Then sell what you dont like. Or find a meet up and try them.
I keep eyeballing a Lonestar as well. Just not sure if it is almost $400 better than what I got. I keep talking my self down off the ledge. Or watching for something else to come across the classifieds to try.
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From what I’ve seen in the classifieds around here, you only save about 20 bucks on the new price.
 
I have a TX5 stretch and find it significantly more comfortable than the phantom. It just fits my body type better.
 
Plebe said:
But you save on shipping. And it's already broken in for ya.
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Yep. Tax and shipping you save. On the flip side you will not loose a lot on selling it here. Most allow you to return it if you don't like it. Personally I feel 10 minuets in a tree isn't enough to really make my mind up. If you order a XL and sell it on here, i may not be able to resist.
 
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MattMan81 said:
Yep. Tax and shipping you save. On the flip side you will not loose a lot on selling it here. Most allow you to return it if you don't like it. Personally I feel 10 minuets in a tree isn't enough to really make my mind up. If you order a XL and sell it on here, i may not be able to resist.
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What camo pattern you like…ha!!
 
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