I bought the LW Alpha climber last year used it for two hunts and put it away for the rest of the season. It did not work for me because:

Where I hunt I don't have to go long distances and I have lock on's mounted for the pinch points I regularly hunt so weight is not a big deal for me. The belts really bite the tree almost to the point it makes climing hard. On rough bark the belts get hung up and sometimes they will twist making your job harder. The alpha climber has you at a weird angle on the upper portion which makes transferring your weight harder. The seat is painfull for long hunts and not very roomy for us larger sized hunters. I did like the platform though, rock solid and quiet. If I could have sold just the top part and got half my money back I would have kept the platform but then it did not pack well with my Summit so it went to someone else who probably has sold it to someone else. IMO they are too overpriced, you are paying for an extruded platform with top portion that needs a lot of work.