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<blockquote data-quote="AlexDad" data-source="post: 5465691" data-attributes="member: 4122"><p>I just shipped my saddle setup UPS Wednesday. Apparently I guess I'm just a climber guy. I tried a hangon and found out VERY quickly I hate climbing sticks and hate sitting in a hangon even worse. So I bought a saddle and 2020 was my first season. I went thru a Hawk, Tethrd and landed on Cruzr.</p><p></p><p>Pros: Packed easy and light</p><p></p><p>Cons: Hanging sticks, HATE them</p><p> Not quite as comfortable as a climber but not too bad.</p><p> Could not stay still fidget constantly</p><p> I was basically limited to one shooting lane. Everything else felt just odd to me. On my climber I didn't even realize there was a "weak" side. I've practiced shooting my bow a LOT for 3 years from a saddle and to me it's just awkward.</p><p> My one "pro" above is light and packable but when I get to the tree by the time I hang and climb sticks, get all my gear strapped around the tree, pull my bow up and hang it on something I want to go home. I've never hung, hooked and wrapped more crap in my life.</p><p> People say oh how safe I'm attached to the tree from the ground to the top.</p><p></p><p>SIDENOTE - unless your tethered in you are not truly tied in for fall arrest. A lineman rope is NOT a fall arrest, it's an aid for balance and hands free tasks. If you fall with a linemans rope it will hurt, you will hit every climbing stick between you and the ground and it will keep you from hitting the ground too far away from the base of the tree. 99% of the people I see use a linemans rope use it incorrectly anyway and to be honest it is hard to keep it in the right position as you're going up hanging sticks.</p><p></p><p>You could tether in going up but with a saddle and the bridge it could get cumbersome. You could one stick and rappell down but a saddle is designed for constant tension and you can't one stick without adding slack every so often. That's why safety harnesses with regular tree stands have a "shock cord" instead of static rope. A saddle is designed so that if you have all your weight on the saddle and your platform drops you don't really notice anything because there was no slack in the system.</p><p></p><p>Go outside and put your platform on a tree about 1' off the ground. Saddle up and put a little slack in your line and jump off that platform.</p><p></p><p>Anyway I hated hanging sticks and I used the stock cam straps, amsteel daisy chain, buckle less web strap and rope mod. Rope mod seemed to be my favorite although NOTHING bit and held like the stock cam straps. So I finish my hunt a week ago today and climbing down a stick kicked out on me. Rough deal and it hurt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlexDad, post: 5465691, member: 4122"] I just shipped my saddle setup UPS Wednesday. Apparently I guess I'm just a climber guy. I tried a hangon and found out VERY quickly I hate climbing sticks and hate sitting in a hangon even worse. So I bought a saddle and 2020 was my first season. I went thru a Hawk, Tethrd and landed on Cruzr. Pros: Packed easy and light Cons: Hanging sticks, HATE them Not quite as comfortable as a climber but not too bad. Could not stay still fidget constantly I was basically limited to one shooting lane. Everything else felt just odd to me. On my climber I didn't even realize there was a "weak" side. I've practiced shooting my bow a LOT for 3 years from a saddle and to me it's just awkward. My one "pro" above is light and packable but when I get to the tree by the time I hang and climb sticks, get all my gear strapped around the tree, pull my bow up and hang it on something I want to go home. I've never hung, hooked and wrapped more crap in my life. People say oh how safe I'm attached to the tree from the ground to the top. SIDENOTE - unless your tethered in you are not truly tied in for fall arrest. A lineman rope is NOT a fall arrest, it's an aid for balance and hands free tasks. If you fall with a linemans rope it will hurt, you will hit every climbing stick between you and the ground and it will keep you from hitting the ground too far away from the base of the tree. 99% of the people I see use a linemans rope use it incorrectly anyway and to be honest it is hard to keep it in the right position as you're going up hanging sticks. You could tether in going up but with a saddle and the bridge it could get cumbersome. You could one stick and rappell down but a saddle is designed for constant tension and you can't one stick without adding slack every so often. That's why safety harnesses with regular tree stands have a "shock cord" instead of static rope. A saddle is designed so that if you have all your weight on the saddle and your platform drops you don't really notice anything because there was no slack in the system. Go outside and put your platform on a tree about 1' off the ground. Saddle up and put a little slack in your line and jump off that platform. Anyway I hated hanging sticks and I used the stock cam straps, amsteel daisy chain, buckle less web strap and rope mod. Rope mod seemed to be my favorite although NOTHING bit and held like the stock cam straps. So I finish my hunt a week ago today and climbing down a stick kicked out on me. Rough deal and it hurt. [/QUOTE]
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