Mine is for sale. I paid $360.00 and it's only been in a tree twice...for very brief periods. I'll split the cost of shipping to keep me from driving it back to the not-so-local store that I bought it from. If interested, PM me.

I just got back from the woods and this stand just will not work for me. I did do a bit better with top portion than I spoke ofin my orriginal post and think that with more practice I could be okay with that part of the operation. However, I'm just too dang tall for it and when I sit to lift the base my knees ram into the tree. I can't get more than a foot of advance with each move. Same goes on the way down.

This stand does fold flatter, is lighter and packs much easier than any of my other stands, but I just can't deal with the difficult climbing of it. I'll also say that once I did get to about 20 feet and secured the top/bottom straps I felt solid as a rock.