I picked up a Lone Wolf Alpha Sit and Climb yesterday and of course was anxious to try it out. Once put together I strapped it to a tree and up I went...sort of. Unless I'm doing something very wrong, I can't give this stand very good reviews...as a matter of fact, I'll be returning it. Maybe someone here can tell me if I'm doing it wrong.
The "teeth" of the upper portion seem useless. Each time I would advance up the tree and let go of the upper section it would fall down toward the lower section because the teeth were not biting into the tree. The teeth on the upper section are much smaller than those on the lower section which I did not have a bit of trouble with. Once it bit into the tree it was good.
Also, the bar that you sit on to pull up the bottom platform seems strange to me. On my other climbers that bar doubles as a safety rail of sorts and is right out in front of you and when you use it to sit/climb it's at a perfect location. With the Lone Wolf that bar swings down for you to sit on which the puts your butt much closer to your feet and not giving you much room lift/raise the lower platform up. Sort of hard to explain.
Long winded, but hopefuly someone will have some helpful comments.
Thanks.