ive been a long time tree lounge user myself and had 2 old styles and last year sold one and added one of the the newer lighter style. i love both styles and wouldnt sell them for anything. you need to practice setting it up but after a while if you pay attention and come up with a system that you do the same things every time you can set the stand up in your sleep. i think most if any complaints about the tree lounge come from hunters who bought one and dont want to spend any time learning it or only hunt 1 or 2 times a year. it is a little bulky and a little bit heavy but what i do is just put the optional wheel kit on it and wheel out my cloths gun-bow and day pack. it saves me a trip because now i dont have to go back to my truck for a deer cart. it is only slightly more time consuming to do it this way but if your gonna spend all day or many hours in it you will be comfortable and on occassioin i have been known to take a nap in it. as far as other complaints about noise. it is very quiet while standing on the bow platform. i added a small piece of out door carpet to the floor with some silicon seal to make it even more quiet. any noise while carrying is usually because its not broken down and bungeed correctly. as with any stand i have owned i can add a little duct tape or extra bungee to make it even more stealthy. the old owners have bought back the company. in the newest video i have seen it looks like they went back to the old square tube design which i like only slightly better so i dont know what the weight of the latest version is. they get a good dollar for used tree lounges on ebay so if it were me id get a new one. i would feel safer knowing the history.GOOD LUCK IN WHATEVER YOU BUY!