RE: Climber phase?
I really don't mind packing in my API climber. It's pretty light and goes up pretty quick. It's still a lot of work setting up hang on stands, and then if it's not in the right spot you have to take it down and set it up again.
I have a few hang ons out there, mostly in spots that don't have a good climbing tree like around the edges of my food plots.
I also feel safer in my climber than I do in hang ons. Always a doubt in my mind about the steps breaking or a strap tearing in half. Just ask Germ about that last one.