Last season I purchased a Summitt Viper and love it. I was skeptical at first about climbers, but the viper works great. The bar could get in the way if you are sitting down to shoot, but is a great place to rest your bow, or gun while you are waiting. The stand is very quiet when in place and easy to use. If you move stand locations at all, I would recomend a climber. If you tend to use one or two trees then a couple of fixed stands would be the way to go.

il-todd