Lots of room in the goliath. I'm 6'1" at 250 plus. It has so much room that I was contemplating buying the Viper top last year.You can tell the size difference when you put it on your back.I have the front and side bages on it as well as the foot rest. Comfort is the same IMO, just more roomy. It's a big stand to get on the tree as the reach around to grab the cable is a further reach.I thinkI'm going to go with the Equalizer made by the old Buckshot sompany. http://www.huntingnet.com//forum/tm.aspx?m=1525964
It's about the same size as the Viper but they have plans to make a larger model (2" wider) sometime around the 1st of the year so I don't know what I'm going to do yet. MyGoliath might be up for sale if I do get anEqualizer.