About to buy this treestand

[TNhuntin93]

Hey folks, Im fixin to buy this treestand, just wanted to see if you had any thoughts good or bad about it before I spend the money.

Tell me what you think... Treestand

 

[fullstream]

Looks like a great deal! wonder if it has the foot stirrups those make climbing abreeze on my vipor.

 

[SAWDUST]

all steel. at 26 pounds to heavy to carry around alot. alum. is better.

 

[TNhuntin93]

Thanks for the replies.

I know its steel but its really all I can afford to spend.

 

[TheAirMan]

Don't know about the stand but Summit has great customer service, or they did when I dealt with them anyway.

 

[kmac29]

summit makes great stands

 

[TNhuntin93]

Order goes in today!

 

[ChadG]

I agree with fullstream. It will be well worth $20 to put the Rapid climb stirrups on the stand.

 

[ruthunter]

good price, I wish I had Academy sports close to me

 

[Boone 58]

Get the aluminum and thank me later when walking a mile to a great spot with the lighter load!!
Alum is the only way to go in climbers.....save the money on ladder stands and go for the cheaper steel, they are mostly stationary anyway but you will wish you had the steel later when you could have saved 5#'s in weight!!!

 

[Boone 58]

Correction. wished you had the alum later when you could have saved 5#'s in weight!

 

[DOC1187]

aluminum is better but that is a good deal

 

[TNhuntin93]

Well I was looking through cabelas website to make sure I had made the right choice before I bought the treestand and I actually found a nicer treestand for the same price.

I found a Summit Megabucks Bushmaster XLS on Cabelas, they are selling them for $150 right now. They are all aluminum, perfect for my bow hunting and they only weight 16 pounds. I bought it and it got here yesterday.

 

[Camo]

I totally agree with Camoman. I've used a Viper for years (until someone decided to make it their own). 5 or 6 pounds makes a world of difference. Especially in the hills of East Tennessee.

For those interested, there are several of these steel Summit stands on Ebay for affordable "buy it now" prices. Just a bit heavy for me. Hope you enjoy it!!

 

[titansfan24]

really nice stand

 

[benny22]

buy it you will love it summits are the best man!

 

[buckhorn40]

all steel. at 26 pounds to heavy to carry around alot. alum. is better.

ditto

 

[holstonangler]

I have both, the aluminum stand is only $100 more("buy it now" on ebay) and is well worth the extra money, its lighter, hangs better, and comes with the stirrups, which make things a whole lot easier while climbing.

 

[ROOKIE2323]

good deal

 

[bogger]

ALTHOUGH THE ALUMINUM IS A WHOPPING 5 pounds LIGHTER I HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SAVE THE 100 DOLLARS OR BETTER AND DEAL WITH THE EXTRA WEIGHT. just my opinion any summit is a great stand

 

[cuppedup50]

summit makes good ones. that will probably be what i buy this summer for next year.

 

[TX300mag]

Academy had the ViperSS for $199 yesterday.

 

[Twitch]

I agree. If your gonna be hiking a long ways I would consider a light aluminum stand. Can't go wrong with a summit.

 

[BIGORANGE]

can't beat the Summit. Aluminum would be worth the extra money..

 

[PDenning25]

Be sure to wear your harness
I get so comfy in mine I have napped

 

[Top Pin]

I have the Summit Viper (newer lighter version) and like the PDenning said "wear your harness" that thing is NICE!

 

[walkin' dead]

can't go wrong with a summit.