Thanks guys. I have the old one...picked it up at a garage sale for 70 bucks!!! The guy was moving and didn't want to take it along...sometimes being an 'early bird' to those things actually pays off.

I just won an auction on ebay and picked up a full-body, so I will use it both in this climber and all my others. One thing I really do like is the idea of having the climbing harness. I know there have been far too many times I have taken chances either putting steps in or the stand itself. Hopefully this will alleviate some of that risk.

Tree Lounge sells 'teeth' for both parts of the climber. Do you guys think they are worth the 15 bones apiece? Did anyone have problems with slippage on the old ones? Or maybe just feeling a tad unsafe/unstable???

Thanks again guys.