RE: Summit Treestand Safety...
I have a viper xls, and it is by far the safest stand I have ever hunted out of, fixed,portable, or climber. It is vertually imposible to fall out of it because you are completly surrounded by a rail. In order to fall out you either have to slide out of the bottom, or jump out of it purposely, and both of these scenarios won't happen as long as you wear the supplied saftey harness. In other words, the only stand safer than a summit is the ground.