Don't get me wrong -- it's not tiny, by any stretch of the imagination, nor is it particularly light...but it's very capable. It's Type I rating is good (I prefer Type IA, myself) but the trade-offs are obvious: this thing is smaller, easier to carry, easy to setup, surprisingly stable, and with flexible deployment configurations. It's not a "does everything" ladder, but it's most certainly a "does a whole lot" ladder. Well worth it.