My Explorer came in today. I've played around with it some setting it up, breaking it down, and packing it. Man, it's nice, very well built and quiet. My whole setup - stand, backpack, and bow - is now lighter than just my old stand alone. It will carry much better than the old one aside from just the weight.

The elastic backpack straps that came with it are pretty nice and super comfortable with the treestand only. However, they do stretch out a little with the additional weight of my backpack and bow. I think I read something from someone else about the same thing. I will probably put my padded molle backpack straps that I bought for my old stand on it and use those instead.

Thanks for the recommendations. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to sneak out of the office tomorrow afternoon to get a sit in.