I don't use a mono or bi pod. Take a look at that last picture with my granddaughter sitting in the chair. You can see that she's using the top step as a foot rest (real comfortable). When I do that my knees are bent so that I can rest my gun on my knee when shooting out of the front of the stand. If I'm shooting to the left or right side, I can rest my left elbow on the arm rest.

As far as guy wires, none are needed. You could dance a boogie in that chair and it wouldhardly move at all. Very, very stable.