I have borrowed an ol'man and a summit and after using the summit I bought one last year. I didn't want to spend much either since I have 2 ladders and 3 hang ons and a tripod. Academy had a great price at the time for their Summit Viper. It's heavier than some really good ones but I haven't owned anything different there for I won't notice the difference in carry weight. I don't have to walk all that far anyhow so I'll take the extra weight with the lower cost. Summit is very comfortable in my opinion. I didn't care for the way ol'man strapped on using a bicycle chain style and I think Gorilla is the same way. I have 2 gorilla hang ons and like those.