I would say that the saddle has advantages and disadvantages just as anything else does. Number one it looks like alot of preparation getting it on and set up properly before you could actually hunt. I wouldnt like the fact that your clothes and tether could possibly catch and knock bark off the tree sending it to the ground making noise upon impact. I also dont like the idea of having to watch where you put your feet as you move around the tree. I just dont like having to take my eyes off the deer. im not saying that you couldnt get real good at using one of those things, i just dont see it as being any benefit for the type of hunting that i do in the places that i hunt. I use mostly stationary stands strategically placed well before season opens. I have a climber but i mostly only use it when i have permission to hunt a new property when the season has already begun and you have to get in somewhere to get set up quick, or when i find that one of my hang on stands needed to be a little more this or that way and you dont have time to move it before the next mornings hunt. Ill stick with my climber, hang ons, and ladder stands but the saddles do look neat.