If anything it is absolutely a viable piece of kit for a backup system that you can have with you to get out of the tree if you did drop your climber platform or sticks etc. I want one
simple and light, always the best. One thing I would add to it though is a string attaching it to you because if it slips all the way down the tree while you're up high, you're screwed!
I see what you mean, I rewatch the video and understand what you're saying. But for the strange reason that someone loses balance or just slips it probably wouldn't hurt to have it tied to you.
Cool product! Very similar to 2TC I guess, maybe more stable with having both feel on the base. Some tether handles would be a nice added safety feature to your product
Thanks! It weighs in at 3.7lbs, and we didn't sacrifice any quality. It has a steel base, carbon fiber reinforced end caps, and abrasion resistance arborist rope!
Point of fact; title is incorrect two tether climbing with stirrups and amsteel rope is the lightest method. By far. A variety of one stick options are also kighter. If you are also carrying a platform, because this is not a true platform replacement option, then this sytem is also not lighter than a LW hand climber top or either of the climbing platform options on the market. Stirrups allow independent leg movement, each on a separate axis when using the system as a platform and can be used on one foot allowing you to leg lock the tree while adjusting your tether. You can make this yourself out of a 2x4 which Scott Adkins demo'd several years ago and be lighter as well. I've done that, played with the concept, and stirrups are head and shoulders a better option. My current 2TC setup is from CGM.
Is this easier than one sticking? It looks like it may be? I'm currently one sticking but don't like sitting in the saddle dangling. Could you hang a hang on with that thing? I use the hybrid style. Saddle with a hang on
@@DC-zp2iq mine arrived today, so I hope to get it on the tree soon and see! Thanks for watching! Please subscribe to help us reach more people and so you don’t miss the tree demo video! 👊😎
For me this seems like a useless design. Why mess around with the bar? I could just put a couple small cam buckle foot straps and a tether on my platform and use that instead of the bar. This would also be mostly useless except on stripped trunk trees.
Our general rule of practice is only climb trees you can hug! Haha But the Bandit Climber will work on a wide variety of diameters, and you won't even notice if the diameter changes on the tree.
You'd go around branches the same way you would with any other climbing system that uses a tether! We have a video showing how on our instagram. But obviously some systems are better suited for different scenarios
Not sure how even to reply to this haha 😂 Do you say the same thing about all other climbers? We have plenty of videos on our website where we are climbing trees!
@@raccoonrigs I'm not saying I completely agree with him, but I'm on the fence about ordering due to this. I don't have the luxury of having nice, straight, limbless trees where I hunt here in the swamp. I really like the concept here but it's hard to see how this could replace my climbing sticks (which I would really love to). If there are some ways you can workaround limbs using this system, I'd love to see them. Perhaps using multiple tethers? Carry a single stick with you to help transition over a limb/rough patch on a tree? A video of that would be great.
@@ADirtyRunner Some people do, some people don't! I personally use it as my platform for rifle season. But for bow season I bring up a separate platform to stand on. Other people at our company always bring a platform up with them!
@@ADirtyRunner you would treat it like one sticking, so you hang in your saddle, use your feet to steady yourself against the tree and move the tether of this thing around the limb to continue. That being said I think there is a need for products in this category just disagree with the approach of this method. That sandpaper is going to wear down and it is much easier to slip off a round bar with a prusik while moving your tether up than something like a stick
