I own a company that is contracted to do design work for Lone Wolf. I was a long-time customer and user of the products before I started doing business with the company.

It took me about 10 years of hunting before I finally tried my first Lone Wolf product. It quite simply changed the way I hunt, and made me a more-sucessful hunter. If I can help someone else avoid the headaches that I went through, then I'm going to give my opinion.

I try to stay positive about other brands and not "dis" them. That's why I typically say things like "try as many brands as possible before you decide", etc....

In-regard to this particular topic about API stands. The reason I wrote in about these stands was because I actually followed a friend through the timber with one of these things on his back and I couldn't believe the racket that it made when samplings slapped the stand, etc..... So, that's why I made the comment regarding the "walking through the woods". I was just being honest and making a comment based on my observations of an actual hunting situation.

Because I have a background in design, engineering, and treestand design, and been hunting for many years, I try to answer stand-related questions if people have them. Every once in-a-while I may get a little overboard, so I appologize if I have offended anyone. Shoot straight yall.....