I love my Tree Lounge! This christmas my wife got me the shooting rail and blind for Christmas. Once you add on all the acessories yea it's heavy. BUT! That's just the thing. Your adding on accessories. The stand itself is not much heavier than any other out there. I think it weighs in at around 20lbs. If you fix it up a bit you can get in and out without any noise whatsoever. By fix up I mean put electrical tape on the parts of screws that just push through or use a ratchet strap to hold it for carrying. Nothing major. As for comfort...hell I've climbed almost 50' up without worrying about falling out. Sit alllllllll day. Peak Rut day this year I was in my stand for over 8 hours. Killed 2 bucks that day. One in the morning one that evening. Neither had any idea I was there sitting 35' above them munching on some crackers. With the lounge you can get up there so you dont have to worry about smell or sight. JUST HUNT. Like my buddy said "You can have my gun before you can have my tree lounge. I can't sleep in my gun but I can get a goooooooood rest in the lounge."