Summit Treestands Bucksteps

These steps are a little bulky and difficult to attach but do the job and get you up the tree. I get about 15 or 16 feet up at most with these 4 steps. I am 6'0" and have a decent reach but you would need a couple more steps to get to 20 ft which is where i like to get up to at least. I also think these steps are closer to 3 lbs each with the straps on them. I think they do the job they are made for but you have to be careful not to hit them together or hit the buckles. They are pretty loud. There is plenty of foot room when they are on the tree, no complaints there.

I purchased these instead of the LoneWolf 3-pk treesteps due to the price difference, and thinking that these were a bit more compact than they actually are. The dimensions of each one are approx. 20in x 5.5in x 8.5in. The stacking is nice, but it doesn't work for someone who is looking for something a bit less bulky. Each one weighs 3lbs, which for four steps gets pretty heavy pretty fast. I find the strap system unintuitive and at times noisy due to how close the buckle is to the metal, and the propensity of the step to "clang" quite loud with anything metal that bumps it. Might work well for someone who has different needs and use parameters, but for a mobile, self-pack archery hunter, these don't cut it.

I own a few Summit products and a few Lone Wolf products. And I can say that for hang in stands and step sections. Lone Wolf is a much better product. First off they don’t sell these steps individually, which makes it tough to hang your stand any higher than about 12ft off the ground. Unless you spend another Hundo on another four pack of steps. Then you have three extra you’ll never use. Second the way these steps sit on the tree made it tough for me to wear my lacrosse rubber boots and climb to my stand. Don’t have the same problem with Muddy, or Lone Wolf sticks. Last off, even thought these interlock for carrying they don’t mount to or connect to the stand which if you want to wear on your back you’ll need to spend even more money on backpack straps. Whereas other brand come with straps and ladder sticks connect to stands for transportation. Seems to me Summit is only concerned with how much Dough they can suck out of your wallet.

Got these to go with my Lonewolf stand. They work great, but for someone who is new to hunting & hunt public land, these would not be my first choice.Pros: good grip, even on birch trees. Platform is nice and big, easy to step on.Cons: heavy, loud (made bell sounds), chips easily, bulky. Can't hang all sticks in one trip.After trying it out I decided to go with something that was less bulky, lighter, and more convenient to strap.

They are light I just have to figure out a better way to carry them with my stand

My morning hunt was ruined one day as I started climbing in the dark only to see that A squirrel had eaten through the strap. I also don’t like how they were placed on the tree as shown in the instructions it’s hard for me to climb straight up! I guess I’m just used to the single Metal tree steps.

Not to bad only been up and down them a couple times since purchase as of now. A little nervous about how sturdy they will be as they seem to move a little while going up and down but had no slippage

Awesome tree steps very safe wish there was a factory way to lock them together for quite carry. I do have 2 sets of them though and when my boys are old enough they will use them 2 I'm sure