Its my personal stand. Safe as can be but takes a little getting use to it. My kids have never batted an eye going up and down but I have had 2 grown men lockup on me half way up and wouldn't go up or down. One time the ladder froze up while me and my daughter were in the stand and I wouldn't let her come down until someone brought me a large rope. I ran it over one of the angles up high and tied her off and had guy on the ground keep pressure on the other end as she climbed down.