I have heard several rumors that API was going out of business. Does anyone know if this is true or not? If so what happened? I thought they were the leader in the treestand market??



HANKFAN

The deal is they were bought by Outland Sports 2 or 3 years ago. They' ve now gone Chapter 11 I think.

The API' s that I saw at Harrisburg weren' t of the same quality that they used to be. I guess Outland was subbing them out to low bidder, trying to save a buck.
Charlie

ANd then when the lowest priced parts failed they had to recall several thousand. BUT HEY,..... that didn' t matter... because they just ignored you when you filled in the forms and did all the appropriate registering to get the replacement kits. AND... since they ignored they didn' t send them. So, we all have stands that we' re not suppose to use from a company that won' t answer the mail or phone. I love this world.

I called API they are under new owners as of June 1st
Outland sports will not own them anymore. They will
take your calls dont use my tree stand any more and
they have lost a lot of their help outlads service sucks
still waiting for refunds due on some varmit calling stuff!

This all gives me an excuse to buy a new climber. Len knows the one I want.

Not trying to help them out on this current bashing thread. But they did just send me two Brand New Kenco feeders as replacements for the two I sent in for warranty work. I will say the current line of KENCO' s is no comparison to the quality of the older ones.
The api' s I own are over three years old, I' d probably go summit next just because of the quality problems listed here.

Okay Dave, I' ll bite, what kind are you looking at?
My guess is the Big Shot or the Hot Shot.
Charlie

You' d be guessing right.

I bought the Bigshot from Len about three years ago, and love it. I took two friends up there last year, to get their' s as well, one Bigshot and one Bigshot Magnum. Len had the best price around. Great stands for gun & bow. Good luck with whichever one you get.
Charlie