I have three of the turkey lounges, one for myself and two for my daughters. I have always used the straps that came with them and never had a problem other then it another thing to carry with the decoys. I have put the turkey lounge in a large duck decoy bag that I use when I use my larger gobbler decoy (Dave Smith Decoys) and that works well because the duck decoy bag has backpack straps to carry the larger load. I love the turkey lounge, so much better than using the web stools that I used for years. With the duck bags you can carry all your decoys and other miscellaneous turkey hunting gear.