About to hop on the tree saddle bus. For the guys who use it, is it all that? I am going to get the treehopper recon.

Switched from a climber to a saddle three years ago and haven't looked back since.

What sticks you use with it? Also do you use ascenders Prussit?

Also if you use sticks do you use mini”s or regular length? L

I really like mine. I use Out on a limb mfg sticks. I like them a lot. I think I have the 22” version. I only run 2 and I can get my feet to about 10 ft or so when I’m in the saddle.

I use an Eastern Woods Outdoors Ultimate One Stick with 40’ of Sterling HTP rappel line and a madrock safeguard belay device.

Thank you, I bought the saddle today and tried it. It was surprisingly comfortable.

I been using a saddle for 3 years and love it. I one stick with hawk helium stick with a top platform attached to it with a one step aider attached. I rappel down

Learning curve but worth it

Love mine. Been using it 3 years and ain’t toted a climber since I got it. H2 saddle and 3 full size hawk heliums.

Do you guys use a prussit knot on tether or do you use ropeman 1 ascender’s?

I use a rope man on my lineman belt, and a prussik on my tether. I don’t adjust my tether a lot plus less mechanical devices
Is safer in my mind.
I like mine. I use bolts mostly but have a set of hawk sticks. I will be cutting them down. Did the rope mod with button.

Bought some sticks, thank you for response's.

How you to to the bathroom out of them?

I use prusik knots on both with an Amsteel loop tender. Works well enough that I’ve never bothered with a rope man.

I also forgot to mention earlier that I have done an amsteel rope mod on my sticks.

Coosa got his $&*^ together when he bought his stuff! I also use the One-Stick with 40' (thinking about going to 35') of Mammuth Crag Dynamic 9.5 mm rope. Rappel down with a Petzl Grigri+ and been Saddle Hunting for two years and I will NEVER go back to climbing. And it is not just the fact of switching over to be lightweight... I can climb most any tree I want... with or without limbs. I can maneuver and hide myself on the other side of the tree from approaching deer and lightweight makes walking with gear not a big deal. Really, too many positives to list.

But there are a ton of you guys that make fun of Saddle Hunting and that's OK. Stay with your climbers and such... be the last to adopt new technology while the Saddle Hunters are killing it!!!

I tried one sticking second half of this seaso, and will not be using regular sticks anymore.

So I’ve never used a saddle before either. Do y’all have multiple sets of sticks you leave out set up or do you pack the set in and out ?

It took me buying/trying about a dozen different climbing methods and platforms before I finally refined it down to that setup. It's my forever method now unless something crazy revolutionary comes out in the future.

Most pack in/pack out. I do have a few trees on private land food plots that I will put the cheap climbing sticks in and leave them for the season just to have a preset tree that I can hop in quick.

I prefer to force jump to the lowest 20ft or so limb that will hold my weight..then i cut shooting lanes with my lightsaber

I thought I saw a Tree Saddle permit on the agenda for the next CAB meeting. Lightsabers are illegal the first two weeks of the season and totally illegal in Zone 73.