I wanted to say that you are a great father. I love the encouragement and support. Love the positivity. My dad was that way w me. And I try to do the same w my son. Good job dad!!!

Not only did you give me some pointers on climbing but the instructions to your son man....bravo! That patience was never there when I was growing up. Good work pops!

I'm 53 years old and I've had 1 of these for 2 years. Spend over 8 hours sitting in it a couple days ago. It is a very comfortable sit and I would recommend it to anyone. Thanks for posting this!

Wow! I always thought tree stands had to be set up ahead of time! Thanks for this. Will definitely be investing in one!

You captured a memory that will be special forever. Awesome

Glad I fpund this video for my son. I didn't grow up hunting. But this will help me teach him how to use this piece of kit.

Love the way you teach your son good job man

Sir, you could not make a better video. Thanks for taking the time to share this!

Awesome job Hunter! Glad you included this part as I've never used a climber before and would likely do the same things. My son is 12 also. Hunter you have a good dad, listen to him.

I bought a viper and got up about 15 feet and was worried to go higher because i could not tell in the dark of it was level or not. I never practiced i just went to the woods and up a tree. I watched enough videos now to know to pay attention tilt it a good bit and stop when its level. Bought a headlamp to make it easier lol. I was always a ladder stand person until a few years ago i bought a hang on to be mobile and the first time using it brand new the cable broke. Had it up 25ft up so thank god i started wearing a safety harness,y wife forced me to buy one and i was so hard headed and over confident because i have never had an issue.

Great video!! the first time I watched this video was when I couldn't figure out how to get down 20 feet up. I sat in my tree stand and watched the whole video just to learn how to get down. Man I was scared. Thank you!

I have the summit viper and love it!! My 13 year old daughter hunts and i just ordered her the viper mini. She's going to be surprised!!

Those are awesome treestands. My son Jerod has a Summit Viper, but the only difference is his doesn't have the rail that you set on. So when climbing he has to put his arms on armrests and support his weight there when climbing and descending the tree. We don't use climbers a lot now, we all have ladder stands. My climbing treestand hasn't been used in probably 10 years. Great review and video. Juddie - J & J TOA

If you adjust the foot stirrups down so there isn't as much space between your boots and the stirrups you'll have much better control of the bottom part of the stand. Great video

Good instructions. I'm a old man and going out to try mine You and Hunter have boosted my confidence. Thank you.

You just taught me something that I didn't know,so I thank you for this video

Great video. One of the few I’ve watched using a harness to demonstrate climbing up and down

Thanks for the video. Just purchased a summit viper and this was one of the better videos to watch before practice. Good luck this season, sir

Thank you for preaching safety. I won’t hunt out of one of these things myself, in my line of work, I’ve seen too many people take short cuts and end up hurt for life. Take care and have a blessed day.

Planning on buying one of these tomorrow. It will be my first climber. Came to research how good of stands they are. Great video and very informative, thanks.

Just bought one and will be using it soon, gracias this video is about the best one I’ve watched related to climbers

Great job on the video. I’ll be struggling just like your son this year for my first time at 46 years old. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work.

Great video, I just buy one, thanks for the video. Best explained so far and love that you share your son's experience.👍

Love the video… talking and actually doing it is the best way to learn it. I will buy this product because of this vid. Thank you !

Great video! the encouragement literally made me smile so big! I just bought a stand and this gave me great confidence!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing it! Enjoy it!

Great video and great teaching of the kid. Thanks!

Thanks Hunter and Josh! Great vid

I may get some flak for this but I think I may be the only person to hang the top part first, as high as I can reach, then the bottom. Its easier for me to slid up into position that way than fight with the bottom portion if I hang that 1st. To each their own! Best of luck this year to all!

Thanks for this learning lesson. Just what I needed.

This is a great video! Really. My husband is headed to get me a Summit Viper he found on marketplace for 150. So I won't have to sit on the ground on our hunting trip in a week. Woohoo Your calm, quiet voice is very encouraging. Thank you. -Elizabeth Millsaps

summit stands are great ,we have been using them for about 15 years ,i had a weld break on a viper and they shipped me a new one fast and return label to send old one back .we have switched to using goliath's by summit ,they give more room and are more comfortable when wearing coveralls or heavier hunting clothing. they are wider and deeper .just wish they had left the velcro covers on the arms and safety rail that the older ones had . the zip ties allow the foam to bunch up ,the plastic stirrup has a way of slipping a little but like it better than the rubber straps. they climb quiet all and all ,best stand i have used.

Great video man I can’t wait for deer season

Damn I wish my dad had the patience you have ! Lol good video man thank you for this I’m new to hunting and I’m looking to buy a stand

Good lesson! For me the hardest thing about the Summit Viper is packing it up. I could never figure out which piece goes in which. Your video (unlike the ones on the Summit website) explains it very simply. Put the seat down, then slide the footstand into it. I got a pair of padded shoulder straps for about $10, plus a molle belt, because mine came with this lame one-piece shoulderstrap thing that I could never figure out. I guess they expect most folks to DIY?

Great video, thanks for sharing. 💪🙏👍

Thanks dude. I just bought one of these and the assembly and pack up instructions are crap. Thank god for your video 👍

This video help me a lot. Thank you guys

Yeah I have the Summit Goliath really like this stand

Just bought the viper steel and super excited to use it this season

Good job dad! Teach em' good.

Great video, helped me a lot.

Great review. Lots of good information.

Good for you Hunter!

for sure.....great father.

works great very happy with it

Great video I’m bout to pick me up one of these tomorrow.

Nice job. Just a caution. I've been using the Summit climbers for a long time. They're excellent. After a lot of years of the first one I bought, an older style, it developed a crack that I had welded by a professional. He did what looked like an excellent job. To me, it looked stronger than it did new. I asked if he would guarantee it. His response, was "No. I'm not going to guarantee anything that will get you far enough up off the ground to kill yourself". My point is, once you get off the ground you're putting yourself in danger. Watch for stress cracks even in brand new stands. Check you stand over every time you use it. BTW, I've been using it for at about 10 years since he welded it. The only other problem I've ever had was, early one cold fall morning I was climbing a popple tree. About half way up I pulled up the top part and thinking it was firmly attached to the tree let loose and it slipped and dropped to about my ankles. It felt like like I was standing there with my pants down. I just picked it up and reset it but it scared me. Some trees, a smooth barked popple for instance, are simply not safe to climb. Pick a good rough/soft barked tree to climb. And in the winter you're not going to get as good a grip as during warmer temperatures.

Nice video !!!! Cool 👍

great video brother!

Great job dad. Looking to get a goliath this spring and try it out.

I love your video

Need to get one of those.

Get some “Third Hand Archery” stabilizer straps. Locks the two pieces together solid once you’re done climbing. Also keeps you from dropping your bottom section to the bottom of the tree and getting stuck up there.

Great father

This dad and son sound about like me and my two boys years ago when I was coaching ‘em up. 😂 Very good video though.

good dad alert

I've used hang on stands and ladders and now I don't. I use Summit climbers exclusively and they are amazing and convenient. Summit also recommends using bracing straps that will make their climbers much more stable. I don't go up a tree without those bracing straps and if you don't know what they are, find out.

You probably figured this out already but for other hunters you want your stirrups to be lower and tighter to your feet for better control of your lower platform..It really helps on descending especially.

I put the top on first that way I'm not working around the bottom piece but it's all good

I have a couple summits and here’s some solid advice. Get the 3rd Hand Archery stabilizer straps and the viper becomes the safest tree stand ever made. Second, get the Hazmore silent seat and get rid of that seat that comes with the viper.

Can you use a crossbow in the tree stand, and thanks on the toe thing

To me its the wrong tree to go up or down just got to no the tilt ur toes down. But cool kid nice video buddy . I've got hrs in tree standing but he's learning how it goes . Ok thank u good wonderful video

How do you know the angle to start and how tight to put the cable? Just tried my new one and found my foot platform slipping a lot

I been thinking about getting one of these climbers just how much room do you have when sitting do you have enough room or are you cramped up in it

Just bought one last night for my birthday

What kind of harness do you have also what safety strap are you using?

I have another question, I'm just learning how to use this tree stand, I've got the bottom part working right, but I'm fighting with the top part, it keeps dropping on it's own. How do I stop that, it's making me very nervous.

These stands say 8-20 tree diameter. That tree has to be larger. So my question is, how much larger than 20 inches can you go?

Just started using my summit viper again, had no problem going up- climbing down was a challenge, are there any tricks to make the climb down easier?

Tem a pronta entrega para o Brasil, qual o site oficial para pedido.?

I’m terrified of heights my Uncle broke his back falling out of a tree stand back in the day so I think that’s part of it. Is there any advice anyone can give me to get over that? How safe are these climbers? I really want to start hunting next fall. Maybe I should just get a ground blind?

Needed to pitch it up just a fuzz more

you guys ever take one of those climbers and get it up in there and then set climbing sticks to it to get up and down to it ?? - (these climbers are more comfortable than hang on stands but dont want to go through the climbing process each time of a climber stand so just use climbing sticks to it??)

Nice video. How does the Viper work on pine trees?

Produto a pronta entrega para o brasil?

My only criticism of these types of videos is that is doesnt show you with all your hunter gear as you arrive at the tree, be it bow or gun, your pack if items and how you manage that all going up the tree with you. I understand its a process as I have done it many times, but a complete video needs to include everything. Not just the stand and the climb. Respectfully, stated.

I lost dropped my pin for my cable the other day & I can't find it! Something always goes wrong; now I need to find another pin with a clip or try finding the one I dropped in the leaves for the fourth time.

I have killed so many deer in my summit I can’t count due to the comfort! Tried saddle hunting 1 year forget it went straight back to the summit!

This is a great stand, period! It's lightweight, climbs easy kzfaq.infoUgkxlQ7TDIrnnSXXbRgFFaxqwullRJJIuYAs and feels solid while in the tree. The seat is easy to fold up for climbing and sits comfortably for long days in the woods. The only downside I have is that it might be too comfortable, but I like napping in the tree anyway. This is the second Summit Viper I have owned. The old one is steel making it heavier, but this aluminum version is about 9-10 lbs lighter. I recommend buying a better fall harness as the one included is clunky and not super comfortable. I think it will work fine if you NEED to use it, but there are lots of other more comfortable options out there.

I have one. Too loud...last hunt I almost tossed it.

Climbing up is easier than climbing down 😬

Are those poison oak vines on that tree? Aw hell no,I'm out.