RE: Summit Treestand Safety...
Not only are the Summit stands IMO the safest on the market, they come with a great safety harness, and video explaining exactly HOW to remain safe and comfortable in your stand. Climbing stands in general, and Summit stands especially are inherently very safe. You are connected to the stand and can easily wear your included safety harness for the entire climb. Unless you are extremely negligent you are probably in more danger in the truck on your way to your hunting spot than you are in your stand.
If you like fixed position stands, their quality enxtends there also and they have some of the best climbing systems for these stands in their Bucksteps, and their safety system that attaches at stand height and at the ground level which allows you to be hooked up for the entire climb into your fixed position stands......where most accidents can and do happen. A great product that not too many people seem to know about.