IMHO, climbers are the only way to go. I've got four of them, two OL'man grand visions, and two Ol'man grand multi visions. As you can probably surmise, I feel Ol'man makes the best climbers. If you come down and hunt in the deep south (MS, AL, LA) which is the heart of climbing treestand country, then you'll find that 95% of the guys using climbers are using Ol'man stands. I have one hang-on stand. It's been in the same tree for the last 7 years and I haven't visited it in the last three. Thank God I only paid $39 for it because that's about all they're worth. It always scared the crap out of me trying to hang the thing with one hand while holding on to the tree with the other, all at 25 ft above the ground. Never again. Those things are very, very dangerous in my opinion. Climbers are about the safest treestands made. It's pretty much impossible to fall out of one while climbing unless you do something really dumb.