Guide Gear 18' Ultra Comfort Archer's Ladder Stand

I'm an experienced hunter and have put together dozens of ladder stands. This one was an ABSOLUTE PAIN to assemble and it has some design flaws that any engineer could have fixed upon review.The holes for the bolts are punched and I had to use needle nose pliers to twist out the hole buttons before inserting the bolts thru the holes.Some bolts cleared with adequate access and some were just barely long enough as on the last ladder rung ... and that last rung is bolted on the outside and is somewhat of a tripping hazard (1st picture).The seat assembly is AWFUL and there were no instructions at all on how to mount the seat to the stand, they just left it out, 2nd picture. I knew how it had to go together from past experience with other stands. The front seat stabilizer is in a bind also, it might ease up over time as the seat stretches, might not (3rd picture).I ordered two of these and there were bolts missing from both stands. I had to rob from the 2nd stand and then make a trip to Home Depot to buy additional bolts. On other stands I have assembled, the hardware has always been in blister packs with the bolt/nut combos labeled. Not with these stands, they are all just dumped into a bag. You have to lay them all out and figure out what you have (converting metric length to inches in my case), just another annoyance with these stands.One more complaint. The stand to tree stabilizer CAN NOT be infinitely adjusted as with every other stands I have but must be pinned with a bolt at set intervals. I assume that I can make that work but it's another design flaw.The seat does fold up and I like that and it is comfortable ... and the foot area has plenty of room.My recommendation: Buy another stand.

So I’m not going to bust this stand to bad because of the price. it’s not a bad stand for the price and it gets the job done. What I could say is the manufacturing process could be better. It was difficult to put this stand together and there where drill holes that did not line up and some point there wasn’t even a drilled hole to bolt the left hand rail to the side. I drilled out the hole myself. Anyways the welds look like tach welds and I’m not sure if this would even last 2 seasons before I fall off the ladder from welds rusting and going bad. I got it together and tested it. It’s a sturdy stand not a lot of wobble and it’s pretty quiet. All though if I may say it would be smart to get all the metal shavings out of the square tubing before welding together, because when I carried this thing out to the woods it sounded like a Mexican party coming down the trail shaking maracas... just giving you a hint hint! But all in all for the price good stand, would buy again maybe after they improve the building process.

This is a POS ladder stand. Save yourself the aggravation of putting this thing together. From holes that are not there to incorrect bolts. I made 2 trips to the hardware store one for bolts that were not included and one for a drill bit to drill holes that were not there. Spend the extra money and get a quality product, not this one. There is one thing for sure they do not do quality control.

Stand is to narrow I weigh 200 pounds and the seat is way to narrow. very uncomfortable. tree straps are hard to put up at 20 feet its not a bad tree stand just to small where you sit down Johnny Donnelly

....it's a turd...flimsey...bouncy...cheap ratchets...not my fave...

Broken pieces

Was a pain to put together, but was worth it. Great stands for the money!

Seat assembly was difficult