Afordability should be low on the list of qualities you want in a climber. If the climber has it all it's worth it, unfortunetly none do and some charge way to much.

Just had one that had "a lot" start crumpling on me 3/4 the way up a tree. I finished the climb, hunted and started down. Didn't thinkthe standwas going to make it to the bottomin one piece as it started cracking as soon as I started down. By the time I hit bottom it was toast. Not good butI learned something else I want in a stand, greaterreinforcement were the stand contacts the tree as that's wereit seperated, like making a wish only a bad one.