so, how good are they? Comfortable? Sturdy? all the works. Where I hunt, there are others out there that, maybe wouldn't steal your stand but would definatly hunt out of it. Regardless of what they think, most of the time they don't think. What I have been doing is using a pair of climbing spikes like the guys that climb telephone poles use. This keeps anyone out of my stand. The problem that I run into is if I want to switch trees, it takes for ever to move the stand. I thought a tree saddle might be a bit easier.