George;
I currently own a North Star Southern Star Climber Stand and it works with the same fold down flat system for packing in and out as the Arrow Star Climber stand..... Dont let my husband know but...... I HATE THIS CLIMBER STAND[:'(]He bought it for me for christamas and I dont want to hurt his feelings but the thing is a pain in the BUTT.
The stand uses small turn screw knobs with small washers to lock into the climbing possition and the flat packing positions and they are very easily lost in the dark when you are fumbling with them in the dark.... just to many small parts that if you lose just one in the woods then there is no getting up the tree.And to add insult to injury the screwing turn knobs that lock the top and bottom pieces of the stand in the climbing positions constantly come loose and on the bar your sitting on while climbing up the tree these screw turn knobs that keep your bar locked to the upper part of the stand wobble loose every time I inch up the tree and I have to check them everytime I accel up the tree to make sure the bar is still locked on the stand before I dareput my weight on it again... I much prefer to hump my husbands heaveyier summit climber into the woods than mess with the North Star Climber he got me. I dont feel real safe when I use the North Star Climber... and my safety means alot to me. Although it is flat and light weight and very comfortable to haul on my back.
I would ... if it were me.... save my money until I have just a little more and buy a highly recommended , safe, easy of use,and a high quality climberstand.
Best of luck this season.->>>------------------>