The Ameristep climber tree stand?!? No man, no... Just say NO! [:@][&:]

I bought that horrible P.O.S. death trap a few years ago when I needed a tree stand and didn't know any better. It weighed a ton, clanged andbanged and made such noise, I started hating it.

Then, I had my first and last dangerous encounter with it 20' up in a tree.... Let's just say Thank God for safety harnesses and ropes!!!! I was sitting there, minding my own business not doing anything, and for some unknown reason, the whole entire bottom platform decided to go, "Eeeeeeeeeeee" down the tree!!!!! [&:][] The only thing that stopped it from going all the way to the bottom was the safety cord that attached both platforms!!!

I immediately got rid of it, sold it off, and then checked out the Summit Viper series tree stands and got a nice lightweight Viper X4 climber before last year's seasonand feel in love with it. Summit stands are the best IMHO, and can hold securely (even with me at 215 lbs) to the tree.

Ameristep climber at Wal-Mart.... Run... Run away...