There is always a lot of talk about bow technology and its advances from year to year. My question is...Why haven't treestand companies made many advancements recently? Particularly in the weight area. From a design standpoint, they are all pretty much the same. My biggest item on a wish list would be to have a stand, likemy summit, only weight about 12lbs. Seems all stands of that type are in or around the 20lb mark.

A few years back, what was once Ol' man treestands had a prototype of a titanium stand as large as a Summit that weighed 14lbs. The manufacturing process didn't yield a strong enough weld and it was scrapped.

I'd love to know why new materials aren't being investigated to build a lighter, stronger stand.