Well made and nice to look at but NOT so functional. If the hammock is hung normally (with some slack) so that the hammock is comfortable to lay in then one bottoms out on the wood arch beneath it when sitting down to get in- very dangerous and painful on your tail bone (ps. I only weight 125 pounds so it's not my weight causing me to bottom out). Otherwise, you have to pull the hammock as tight as you can from end to end (like a tight rope) and thus it becomes unstable to lay on- tips easily side to side. Apparently, you can not design a hammock stand with a wood bar significantly above ground level at the point where you will be sitting down into the hammock.