We have the stands at our field and about half the people seem to use them. Im not the tallest person in the world at 5' 3" and personaly dont like the stands one bit. The plane ends up sitting to high for me to easly reach over the prop and hold the plane still while I hit it with the starter. I use a ground restraint that I take to the field with me.

Someone had a backfire the other day on the stand. There was a bunch of old fuel aparently laying on top of the stand that ignited. It almost burned the guys plane up but they realised what was happening and saved it in time.