^ I bought a used Texas Tripod stand a couple years ago. It's wonderful once you're up in it. But getting into the seat, death defying. Sort of like that step ladder chair thing, "But how do I turn around?", but without the luxury of having the tree to grab on to. Scary.
First (and only time) using it, I stuck it next to a tree thinking it would help. It didn't really. But I was able to tie a rope to the tree for a safety line. Getting in mid day setting it up was exciting. Getting in it the next morning in the dark was terrifying. I was in it a while in the dark and started to think... "Am I leaning?" With daylight and more hours in the seat, the list was clearly getting worse. One of the legs was sinking into the 150 years of pine needles, I started to get worried about going over. Which made the idea of trying to get out of the seat and on to the medieval torture device they call a "ladder" even more terrifying. I decided it would be safer to slack jump/free rappel down the few feet, rather than risk getting impaled.
I took it home for a redesign, but haven't touched it since.