Muddy 1-Person Liberty Steel Tripod Hunting Stand, 16 ft Tall, 300 lb Capacity - Heavy-Duty with Flex-Tex 360 Swivel Seat, Extra-Wide Shooting Rail, Adjustable Legs and Detachable Gear Bags

Instructions were easy to follow and the overall quality is great compared to other cheaper stands. Seat is the perfect size and comfortable.

The Bad: box was torn up and missing the seat stand. Lots of nuts and bolts to put together. The good: Amazon sent a replacement immediately. After I put it together, I ordered a 2nd one. To make assembly easier this time I separated all nuts and bolts in bags and used a nut driver and wrench, that made a HUGE difference. I bought the cover for both stands, if you do that, put the cover's frame together before you add the rail to the stand.

Before you start, you'll want to get some stakes to secure the stand to the ground. None are included. Put this together very close to where you want it. Make sure you have a tarp to lay everything on, so you don't lose anything. Separate the nut, bolts & washers (fyi, there are no extras). Have at least one other person helping you. Ratchets, wrenches & a cordless driver with sockets really help. Once you get it assembled after an hour or so, a third person comes in handy standing it up (we did it with two). Suggestions for Improvement: a larger platform would be nice; extra nuts & bolts! and larger instruction pictures. Likes: great height, two adjustable legs. My first hunt was in a 15 mph wind with gusts to 25 and it felt secure.

UPDATED - It took some phone calls and emails to the dealer "Spreetrail" ? but finally they sent the missing part so I up-scored to three stars. Still a pain in the a** for something that should have been there in the first place. Don't waste your money ! There is not a parts listing in the owners manual so until you begin putting it together you have no way of knowing if you have everything. I'm missing a MAJOR COMPONENT (a portion of the shooting rail) of the stand. I called Muddy direct and talked to some lady who said she was located at the company in TX but I question that as I could barely understand her and she could not find me one single shooting rail piece in the entire factory. She told me to check with stores that sell Muddy products and ask if they would rob someone else's box and give or sell me the part! Muddy is crap I'll never buy anything from them again!

I ordered this stand and paid $519 for it. It arrived late and when it did it was damaged and missing instructions hardware and parts. The card board box was flimsy. I returned it and the seller only issued me half of what I paid!

Thing looks pretty good so far. Just set it up today. I'd recommend 3 people. Take probably 2-3 hours. So e things to know, they have two different diameter bolts listed as the same length on the inventory. The 1/4x2 1/4 are shown at a different length then the 5/16 x 2 1/4 length. Basically one set of bolts they gave you is actually longer than the picture. Also, there are three thick plastic spacers that they never tell you where to put. We figured they in towards going he end where there are three cross bars supports that cross each other and the spacer goes between the two metal cross supports. I have not had need out of this thing yet but it seems pretty sweet and sturdy. We did add a support from the ladder to ra tree to reduce bounce on the ladder. I'm pumped to hunt out of it.

Missing hardware. It didn’t come with stakes and blows over anytime there is high wind and missing bolts upon assembly. The stand creaks and is pretty loud I had to ring a few things up to make it quieter. It’s not bad if it’s anywhere you can be alittle noisy but not stealthy at all. Same thing with the seat it is also very loud

Great stand. Has worked well.

L'article est comme décrit, relativement facile a assembler en suivant les instruction. La livraison par UPS a été pénible ........ UPS m'a contacté pour me dire que le colis avait été endommagé et retourné a l'envoyeur ...2 jours plus tard le colis est arrivé !! Le colis très endommagé mais toutes les pièces sont présentes.

Good unit but it's a bit flimsier then I thought it would be.

Set up stand. Top rest bar / safety bar extremely loose.