I used to use 2 api baby grands and api climbing sticks but 1 is in N.Y. the other in Conn, it may be cheaper to buy new than ship at those prices. gotta see if SW airline will let me bring one back as check in luggage. I preferred the sticks with 2 steps at every level, with a linesman belt it was easier to stay in one spot hands free to pull up and attach the stand. you will need at least 1 extra section maybe 2 to reach 20 feet. I found it easier/safer to have the sticks higher than the stand and climb down off sticks into stand than climb up into one. the swing down armrest seems like a good idea but you will have to climb out and around it further to get in and out of the stand. plus those are a lot heavier. on private land I would put a large heavy duty eye screw into the tree to attach my safety harness/tether with a carabiner, and leave it in the tree for next time, after a few years the tree would grow around the eye screw and it was rock solid, but leave a little room for the tree to grow. a VERY GOOD 4 point safety harness is a MUST (with linesman belt). if you tend to sleep like me, keep the tether short, just long enough to sit/stand so it is impossible to fall further than the chair and go below the platform height. my so-called buddies are saying I'm too old/fat/crippled and have vertigo to go playing around in trees,LOL.
Dony....When you get thing mounted you better get good rope and tie it above that stand and use your body harness and the sliding
lanyard knot thing. Better safe than sorry.
prussic knot, better safe than sorry.
Yah that thing....thanks Nacho.
Went ahead and just ordered a couple of these.
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=546743
