I use to make my own stands, many years ago and one cold day, +5 DegF., while climbing onto one, I asked myself; "How old are you? Climbed back down and hunted out of my ground blind. The last time I was in a stand, I used one like these that were later found to be unsafe. Every year each state documents deer stand accidents and there too many hunters who have been found dead, at the base of their trees. I personally do not care for them but they do save lives and that's a fact. .....
Be Safe !!!