RE: lock on or climbing stands?
Hey Dawg
There's a lot of stand's out there as you know but let me tell what I use.
I have 3 diffrent lock-on stand's, 1 is a GORILLA ,the second one is a RIVERS EDGE & my third one is an Alpha LONE WOLF.
I like & use them all season long the Gorilla is nice & light to carry in & the Rivers Edge BigFoot model is a little heavyer but comfortable but what I like about my alpha is that you adjust the seat to fit the angle of the tree.
They have pretty big platfroms.
With so many products in the markek you just gotta shop around & get what your comfortable with.