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Ive used this forum alot for info past seasons. So I figured Id join to see if I could help anyone else. Ive been hunting for 3 years after not hunting since I was 15 (im 23). Self taught myself everything from videos, forums and kind strangers. Last year harvested my first doe and turkey. My first ( of most likely many) questions is does anyone have a suggestion on the best backpack straps and way to pack a climber in. Im having alotta trouble with my viper classic. If anyone has pictures of how they pack them in it would be great. If this is a repost please gimme a link Ive scoured the site I know repost questions by new guys is a giant pain.

I tell you what I did to mine. I am an HVAC mechanic by trade and took the black insulation tubing designed to cover the suction line to prevent sweating on an AC unit. Can buy it at home depot or lowes in 5' sections for just a few dollars. I then cut it to length and slid it over top of the straps and then wrapped electrical tape around each section of insulation from top to bottom to prevent fraying and it also makes them a little slicker which is easier to get it on and off. You wont hardly know its on your back. No more straps digging into your shoulders and hurting like hell by the time you get to your stand. Its a great fix and really comfortable for less than $10. hope this helps.

That sounds like itd make alotta sense. Im an o.e in a refrigeration plant so I could nab some at work. Hmm I gotta find a picture of the best way to (correct?) way to pack the two pieces together. Thanks

I just use an extra bungy cord or 2 to keep them together good and tight. Eliminates the bangy and moving around alot better than the standard stuff that comes with it and they are small and take up no room in my back pack after I take em off when get to my tree to climb.

I have a Summit Goliath. When I pack the 2 pieces together, I place the seat between the 2 sections and then I use the safety strap that secures the upper section to the tree to cinch the 2 together. The cushions (mostly) eliminate metal-on-metal contact and reduce noise.

Thanks guys I was playing around w/ it and I found the best way to mate them together to carry and using a couple bungee cords secured it better and quieter. Now to clip some neoprene insulation from work :s12:

That stuff is really handy. I coiled some up like a sausage and sewed it in a Hotseat to replace the styrofoam. Good insulator.

Summit tells you to strap the safety strap around the two pieces horizontally. That makes no sense. They mate together VERTICALLY (i.e. one piece slides into the other from the top), so that's how I strap 'em together! I run the strap vertically, and this clinches them down on one another and they cannot move around to make noise.

this! also it helps to get the lightest stand...going in its not bad but having to come out and possibly dragging a deer it makes a big difference..