love mine as well but i did buy another stand as a secondary stand. i did not buy another TL for the same reasons you mentioned (heavy and loud), i bought a Summit Goliath SS. the Summit is as comfortable as my TL, lighter than the TL and quieter than the TL. the only thing the TL has over the Summit is safety. in a TL there is no way you can fall out once you are seated unless you try to...in the Summit you have more of a chance of falling out if you doze off and are not using a safety harness.