Portability is the key word! Being able to move to where the deer are, is what makes the climbers worth the money!
Soarkrebel hit it too! Being close enough to a deer to touch it, is AWESOME!
I still use permanent ladder stands and box stands, but when things get slow, pull out the climber!
The best buck I ever killed, I was sitting in my climber, about twenty yards from one of my permanent ladder stands! I actually think that the empty ladder stand acted as a decoy! He looked right at that stand and saw that it was empty. He would have busted me if I had been sitting there, but he never noticed me just a few yards away in my Treelounge! BTW, there are many good climbers on the market, I just prefer the Treelounge! Climbers are well worth the investment, Good luck!