Originally Posted by
excalibur43
Owned almost all brands of climbers in 41 years of hunting.Lone Wolf are light weight, very expensive and horrible to sit in very long. Summit is my stand of choice. Average weight, awesome comfortable, quiet and easy to set up. I have a Viper SS right now, and I am planning on getting the new Switchblade. I will never own any other brand of climber.
some are putting the summit seat on their LONE WOLFS.i agree they are lighter/pack better than summit .but they are expensive and not as comfortable as summit.
if you put the summit seat on LW you are up too 450 dollars .some say the LW belts catch on rough bark while climbing .
i do think LW floor beats the summit floor hands down.summits are heavier than LW .i like the 180 max/titan.
its about 7 pds heavier than LW.
you can feel difference.but i use MOLLE 11 to carry it and no problems.
i like lots of room and those 2 i like.we tested both the 180 max/titan .both were under 286 tyd off e-bay.closet i could get on the LONE WOLF was around 368 off cabelas tyd ,then 70 dollars for the summit surround seat, thats around 438 w/o shipping vrs 180 max for 286tyd,difference of around 165 dollars with shipping on summit seat.
only negative on the summit i have is 25 pds of weight vrs lw at 18 pds.other summits are lighter but dont have rail in front and are smaller on room, room/comfort is no. 1 with me......
you can feel difference but i take my time and only walk about 1 mile into woods.i stop about 2 times and rest for few minutes.