I hang ladders before season and some of my hang on stands.....I have a couple simple set ups I use for moving around during season......On the ranch I hunt out in west texas I use light weight tri pods as we dont have very many trees that will allow you to use a hang on or climber.....I will also use my double bull to move around or try out an area I have interest in....Normally all my stands are in place well before season, I found a spot of interest last season and put my stand up this last April for next season.....I kno0w a lot of you guys probably hunt state forest and can not leave your stands up throughout the year but I hunt private land and it is an option for me....Both places I hunt a climber would have you very limited b/c the trees that you could climb are very few and far between....But I do see where they would be quite a bit quicker....I just dont have the trees to make use of them......If I did I would probably try them out.....