Stand type rele all depends on the situation... If you have a setup that has no trees within shooting distance of trails then a ground blind is good, if you are in an with thick underbrush but a few good natural or man made lanes a treestand is the best... IMO if you are limiting yourself to just one or the other i would say that a climbing style treestand would be your best bet... very quite (in most cases) and typically very portable and easy to hunt out of. If it were me i would get me a good climber and then spend the lil extra money on a groundblind once the money was available. there is rele no need for these condo's they call groundblinds now adays unless your trying to fit two or three people in them at a time,,,a small 50 to 60 dollar one will do fine for just one person. in reality, a nice pile of sticks in the edge of the tall grass will work just as well. The blinds can help with scent control though.