Good vid…ain’t a thing wrong with some good ol’ common sense and ingenuity.

I'm still using the same straps from last hunting season. At frist I thought I should buy another pack of straps. But they still work.

I am almost done whole deer season with these homemade straps. I'm already going as high as 20 feet. I still don't like high places, but once pull the straps tight I'm there until I am ready to come down.

I noticed you got a lot of hate on this video. Wanted to say thanks for making it. Most of what these people are saying is redundant and unnecessary if not just mean.

Gave it a thumbs up since I'm a knob and still learning how to rig up my first stand

I like to say Thank You for everyone who watch this video. This video is the most popular on my channel and Thank You for subscribers on my channel.

I’m all for saving $ but the alligator clips of the Third Hand Archery stabilizing straps are a LOT easier to keep quiet while putting the stand on the tree. You simply attach the alligator clips to end of the arm pads so no worries of metal to metal racket.

Nice work Jimmy - good luck in 2020... Hope you get a good buck!!

Summit sells utility straps 2 for $10 with tourniquet buckles. Weave one through the top near the bite plate and cinch around the tree....same functionality less straps more convenient.

Kudos to you sir for your ingenuity. I purchased mine from BK outdoors. Call me lazy. But good job on your part. Summit stands are nice.

I use to go up 25-30 ft but I'd put a big T screw in tree for top part and bottom of climber to rest on no way to slide

That's great lifting the top up instead of climbing over the top. Much safer way to go.

Thanks for this demonstration. I'm a beginner - I've gone up 3 times in a tree, with my Summit Viper. I'm scared of heights so I'm taking it slow, only go up about 8 feet before that little voice says "okay, that's high enough!" Anyway I picked up a 2-pack of straps from Amazon for $6.53 that looks a lot like yours. 8 feet, with metal clasps. Hoping to use them somehow to stabilize the climber a little bit so I feel more comfortable up there. Good luck on the hunt!

Only thing I can suggest is spray paint the buckles and cover them with a bit of bike inner tube or Camo Form tape. I have done this man's method on all of my climbers.. I do also suggest that if you leave your stand in the woods, ALWAYS carry extra straps... Because of limb rats/mice/rats chewing on them!

great idea thank you!

Summit tree stands come stock with a safety cable outing dirt bike straps to connect your stand parts together is dangerous because you tighten them too much and the bottom part will raise and it won't get a bite the cable that comes with the stand is enough and you can adjust

I have them on my summit viper also I wouldn't ever hunt without them again. 25 ft feels safer than ever.

Hats off to Jim Litmer at Thirdhand Archery for coming up with this great design. I have Jim's straps and bow holder and they are amazing.

Thanks for the video

Thanks jimmy wayne

These stabilizer straps are a bad idea. They do temporarily make the top platform more securely attached to the tree, but if you shift your weight off the bottom platform, the top releases and the bottom releases.

Good idea. But be careful man I think I saw Carol Baskin behind you in the woods!

Your voice sounds exactly like Dan Whitney (aka Larry the Cable Guy) you might have a career option doing the voice of Mater from the animated movie.

I love my summit viper but I don’t like climbing hardwoods the teeth do not sink in like they do on a pine . Your right I’ve stood up before and my top piece slid down to the base .thats kind of scary in the dark and 20 feet up In the air .

Thumbs up for making them and not buying them 👍

I think i would just tie some 550 paracord on both sides and call it a day.

Does Thirdhand actually think that no one ever thought about strapping their stand pieces together? Yes they might have patented a product but they definitely weren't the first to think of it. They just made a product so people don't have to piece the system together. KZfaqs best feature is "how to" videos, trust me more people make most of the products on your website than buy them. Give the guy a break...

couldn't even see or hear most of what he was saying during the video. He blocked the view of how he rigged the straps

So let me get this straight. Aaaal ya had to do was, steal someone's idea and design, Go to walmart and buy a Chinese knockoff and rig up what you did. We sell our idea with liability insurance completely made in america for $15 a set. Two sets for $25.

These straps are absolutely unnessasry and I don’t care where they came from. I have never even used the strap that summit supplies and recommends threading through the seat frame to the tree.

Jimmy: Sorry to hear about your troubles, glad you have your priorities straight. Putting food in your kids mouth before giving me $15 for a set of straps is commendable. Please remember that this is my job and how I put food on my kids plate. If you needed to do that for yourself, I do understand. To brag about stealing my design and idea to save a couple bucks appeared to me that you were trying to make yourself look good at my companies expense.

if u so broke how u afford to buy a summit those things are a few hundred bucks u should be hunting out a old cheap tomcat

try next time not to drink b4 you make a video!