BIG GAME Guardian XLT 2-Person Ladder Whitetail Deer Elk Mule Above Hunting O...

I needed a double stand so I could hunt with my son but didnt have $300+ so I rolled dice on this one and it is awesome! It isnt going to be a luxury stand by any means and some components are a touch cheesy but for the price it goes together easy and works great for us thats why it got 5 stars! Seat was tricky to put together and is extremely weird how they have it and 11mm wrench is really weird for assembly but those are my only real complaints, but again for under $200 its a 5 star product all day. would definitely purchase again!!!!

used this for hunting in florida and so far it works great, had 2 people in it for 5 hours without a problem, just know it takes about an hour to set up so don't just bring the box out to the field and expect to hunt right away.

Start with the bad, bolt kit, horrible. Did not match the instructions which made assemble tougher than neccesary. Im handy still got it done in about an hour and a half with my parts. And yes upgraded steel. Install was easy. Slapped it on a big pine and will be adding cup and trinket holders, pool noodle backing an dsee how long the seat lasts, will replace with boat style padded seat. Gunna be lots of fun out there.

I have used and assembled many, many ladder stands. This particular stand is unusual in that it is, by far, the the worst ladder stand I have ever used.To start with, there were missing bolts and fasters.Then a nice cut on my hand where the welding wire was not trimmed properly. There's nothing like a little piece of wire stuck in my hand to make me feel good. I found that little jewell during assembly. So I got some wire cutters and start trimming all the welding wire that they did not cut off. JUNKThen I tried try to figure out the directions. Just throw them out. Phrases like "Must be attached to receivers on the middle ladder section." What receivers? Is there a detailed picture? No. Is there an obvious attachment place? No. Is there something in the parts list? No. Did I eventually figure it out? Maybe. Either way, it's indicative of very poor attention to detail. Later, when I first climbed the stand, I found the last wire stub I didn't cut off, because I managed to stick it into my finger. It's always nice to get hurt by a tree stand, and instills a lot of confidence in the rest of it.There are these little "safety sleeves" that fit over the leg joints. You and the deer will never forget they are there because every time you climb or descend the the ladder you will hear them rattle and clank. All the way up and all the way down. So get some electrical tape and tape them quiet. Why are they on there anyway? I've NEVER seen these devices on a higher quality ladder stand. Is it because the joints aren't strong enough without them? Thats reassuring. JUNK.The ratchet strap is about the lowest quality I've seen in awhile. It looks like it came from the lowest bidder. One look at it, and I knew I had to go back and put a real ratchet strap on. CHEAP JUNK.Once I finally got in in the field, and placed agains the tree, which wasn't easy due to the 5 foot too short pull up straps, I climbed up and was pleasantly surprised to find that since it was a two man ladder stand, they had put a metal cross bar right down the middle of the seat, so if ONE person wanted to sit in the middle then they were going to get a steel bar right between the old butt checks. Needless to say, very UNCOMFORATBLE. So the only option is to sit on either side of the cross bar, so now instead of one person siting in a spacious two man stand, due to the crossbar, I have a cramped 1 man stand, because I have to either sit on the left or right hand side. If I want to sit in the middle, I better bring a hemorrhoid cousin. WHAT A PIECE OF GARBAGE.To top it off, the folding top bar is too low to safely fold out of the way when exerting or exiting. So it has to be down when getting in and our, so I have turn contort and enter the stand by crawling under it, which kind of defeats the purpose of a movable ladder stand. POOR DESIGN.I would send this back to Amazon for a refund, but I'm not going to waste any more time taking it down and disassembling it, reboxing etc. I've already spent too much time messing with it, assembling it, getting stabbed by it, trying to figure out the directions, wasting time putting it up in a tree just to find its the most uncomfortable stand I've ever sat in. I think I will just drive by it with the tractor, rip it off the tree and throw it in the lake for a fish attractor. Thats about all it is good for.

This is a great tree stand and I’m definitely gonna buy a couple more. I assembled the tree stand in about an hour by myself. After putting the stand up I was very impressed with how sturdy it is. The only down side is the bar that supports the center of the seat. You can’t sit in the middle comfortably.

Absolutely mind numbingly difficult to assemble. Needed tools to manipulate how the metal holes lined up or else you couldn’t get the screws thru. Took about. 6 hours. This wasn’t my first rodeo, they’re not supposed to be this difficult. Many different size nuts and bolts that are not labeled. You’ll need to guess which ones to use.

This review is based mostly on construction quality and the build process. The shape of the seat bar ends made it so they had to be bent in order to match up with where they were supposed to mount. The Seat Support had the hole drilled though in the wrong direction meaning I needed to drill a new hole in order to complete assembly, Yes I tripple checked the directions to make sure I wasn't looking at it wrong. Some of the holes were not fully open either, when they cut the holes out they did not fully clear the opening so the bolts wouldn't actually go through all the way until that was done. The rest of it went together ok. One annoying feature is that there are 8 different sized bolts used in this construction and they are all just in a bag together. You'll want to spend a moment organizing the bolts before you start. Once I built it and placed it in a tree it felt ok, not super stable. I did have a second person climb up into it as well. Our combined weight was 340, I don't know that I would trust taking this closer to it's max of 500. The ladder was bowing with our combined weight (yes the supports were installed correctly). I think it will be fine for just me for what I bought it for, but with this being a cheaper stand, that is the quality you should be expecting.

These stands are at least 20 tall which I really like. It has already made my deer hunting season. The stands are very sturdy. I deliberately purchased the two-person stand but only to have room for my backpack. This stand is not big enough for two 250 pound hunters even though it is rated for 500 pounds. For the assembly, don't be surprised if you have to buy a few extra bolts and nuts. Otherwise, the assembly is quite easy. I will buy more of these deer stands whenever they become available again.