I jumped on the bandwagon this year. Still only have a few sits but there's no comparison to a climber or lockon when it comes to weight and mobility. Not to mention the fact that I can now climb any tree in the woods from 4 inches (maybe smaller) and up with or without limbs. It's also safer since you are always tied to the tree. You literally can't fall unless something were to fail majorly. If I strictly hunted private land I probably wouldn't own one. But for public land, I don't think it can be beat. That's also probably why they've made such a come back. With The Hunting Public, and Catman, and other YouTube hunting groups, I think public land hunting is growing more and more popular. Just my take...