I bought the hunter's view 12 foot buddy stand last year and it is sturdy and quiet. It is nice and wide at 40 inches. The one thing I don't like about it is the platform is only about thirteen inches deep. Wal-mart is selling them for $98 right now. The new ones are supposed to have a flip up shooting rail but mine doesn't. However, I didn't put the rail up at all and it doesn't affect structural integrity. If I had to do it again, I would spend a little more money to make sure the platform is deeper, especially if two people are using it and you want to manuever around one another.