Overall this is a decent climbing stick. I only got one to review, but I’m going to try the one stick method so this might be the one I use. I have some others I’ll be trying out as well, so we’ll see.I am not sure about the collapsing part. It really just has a pin so you can spin the step inline with the stick. This helps some. The prongs that brace against the tree are still free to swivel though. This is supposed to help it seat better on the tree. I couldn’t tell if that helped me much or not, to be honest.The color is a little light. I’m going to have to hit this with a rattle can. Speaking of rattle, the pin, wire, and clip like to rattle if you’re not careful. This makes me like the pin much less.Even worse, when I went to pull the pin out, the braided wire stabbed my thumb good. I did this more than once too. I’m cutting that wire off and tying it on with paracord, if I don’t just make the pin permanent. Those ends are sharp and stiff!The stick isn’t heavy, so no complaints there.There is a little bit of play when the pin is in and the steps are in use. Not enough you’ll really notice climbing, but things that move under stress like this, being aluminum, don’t last forever. I’ve had other things in my business with pins like this through aluminum and they wallow out the hole and get looser. I hope that never happens here, but it might. It has me thinking I’ll just lock the steps in place and be done with stabbing my finger with the wire.Fighting the pin in and out also isn’t super easy. One goes in easy, but the other one can be a real headache to get the pin in. I have to hit it with something. So one is loose, the other one way too tight.This isn’t a bad climbing stick at all, but I’m not a huge fan of the collapsing part and my sore thumb that got stabbed repeatedly by the wire.The only other thing I don’t like is the ratchet strap for around the tree. Come on guys. That’s just way too loud for using in the woods. No way I’m cranking on ratchet straps while I’m trying not to make noise. This should have come with a pull strap like every other climbing stick out there.
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