I tie a rope to my stand tie the other end to a belt loopclimb my tree with steps, ladder ,etc screw in a T screw pull my stand up set it on the T screw put a rachet strapon top and bottom and Im done fast and can go in any tree I want.Now as far as climbers go I dont like them. I just dont feel assafe as I do in a fixed stand and you dont get the cover you can get with a fixed stand.