RE: API Treestands
The cables on any stands are generally not the weakest point in the stand. Typically, the area the cables or chains tie into the stand, the adjustment mechanism will typically fail before the actual cables, belts, or chains break.
Yall can use what you want, but I like being quiet when walking though the woods, setting up, and hunting. Keep it simple man. Some of these stands have more stuff going on than a space shuttle. I don't know how you can actually get a bow to full-draw in some of these stands? Makes you wonder if the designers were even hunters?