It's certainly light and packs well, but with this issue, "best climber ever made" is a streatch for me personally. Glad you like yours though!!
None of my other climbers have to have weight on them to stay in place...once firmly set. They have good aggressive teeth to bite into the tree and they stay put. If you have to alwasy have weight/pressure on it what do you do when you have to reach up with both hands to raise your safety rope up higher? Turn loose of the seat portion without any weight on it and it falls.The tree screw behind the belt is a good idea, butI don't feel that I should have to do this. I just don't understand the purpose of NOT having the same type of teeth that the foot platform has.