I have one too. I love the leveling feature. Make sure you get the foot rest, it makes it so comfy. I do NOT have the leveling bar as I feel it would get in the way of bowhunting. You can still face the tree without it, you just won't have a back rest. Once you reach your height and cinch up the straps it's rock solid, it isn't going to move. I don't find it noisy at all. I also own an API and a Buckshot climbers. I have owned a Loggy Bayou and a another climber that I can't for the life of me recall the name. Oh yeah, it was Baker. It was a LONG time ago.