I've used em all, every year we take down hang ons etc....and replace them with ladder stands. They're so much easier to climb into, with 2 men they're no problem to move. You can put up a ladder in minutes compared to a hang on. depending what your method for climbing up the tree is....spikes...good luck, climbing sticks...

If you go with a hang on I strongly suggest climbing sticks and in that case, you might as well just have a ladder, I really don't think one sticks out anymore than another. To deer/men etc...

Get a ladder witha big standing platform, I dont know how anyone hunts out of half the stands out there....