Hands down...........Menard's. $25.

They also have climbing stix for $25.

The stands are perfect if you are worried about theft.This year at the IL public land I hunt these $25 stands were everywhere. Everyone had the same idea.

I do not use these for my serious public land hunting where I need to be constantly mobile. There I use aluminum API AL-100's with aluminum climbing stix. Hope to upgrade to a Lone Wolf someday also.

Several public land properties I hunt allow one stand to be left up all year. At these I pick my favorite funnel and "stake it out" with one of the Menard's stands. One property requires climbers to be left with your one stand. There I got one set of the cheap heavy Menard's stix to use. Good setup but heavy. Everyone else at this property did the exact same thing, not wanting to leave expensive stands out to be stolen.