mauser06 wrote:Gotta be honest....seeing some videos and it looking like the guys boot is on a sponge....made me pause.
I just weighed my Alpha. 16.5lbs all up. Pushing 30 with 4 sticks.
With the waist belt and better straps, it actually carries well. But fighting a 16.5lb stand while standing on a little metal step on the side of a tree isn't exactly easy and I try extra hard to not make noise and end up making more noise than I want because I'm fighting g the big heavy stand.
Dont know what to do. The beast stand would absolutely be all me. But I'm not a light fella. I know it's been tested and tried for several years. That's why I want one so bad. I'm sure it's perfect. Just a mental blockage.
Anyone in western PA have one I can stand on?? Lol
I just hung mine in a tree for the first time and it is freaking nice dude my advice for anyone On the fence is get one. I was pretty impressed with it when it arrived, but hanging it in a tree, while getting raped by fire ants, in 90° weather, I can tell you that the carry weight is not nearly as big of a deal as how easy this thing is to hang on the tree. It hangs as easy as my sticks pretty much. It’s insane.
I didn’t even notice the flex at all but that could have been because it was a pretty small tree and windy