I like my little Otter 650 cottage with a bench seat. As long as I get out of the seat at least every 3-4 hours it is pretty comfortable. On the other hand, I do enjoy the pro shanties with individual seats and have found them to be more comfortable over a long period than the bench seat. One cannot go wrong with either seating system and are better built ice shanties than other industry competitor. In turn, a strong competitive advantage will continue to grow the Otter brand to further push the envelope of portable flipover shanties.