We tried climbers a few years back and did not like them.
Too heavy, too noisey, and IMO, just a pain in the butt.
The last 4 seasons we've used Chippewa hang-ons from
Basic Innovations and 4 Lone Wolf climbing sticks. Quick,
simple, safe, and quiet...perfect system for 'on the go
hunting'[:-]. I also know a lot of bowhunters that use LW's
hang-on and swear by it.

The thing that deterred us most from climbers was that
the just wouldn't work on very many trees here in Iowa.
I work way to hard preparing my stand sites in the off-season
to not be able to hunt from the perfect tree. I prefer
to hunt from oak trees when possible to take advantage
of the leaves as concealment, very rarely was I able to
hunt from a oak with a climber[:@].