I purchased this for airline travel and I liked the way the legs fold up with less likelihood for pinching fingers. Nice clean design. It seems sturdy for the price. Kinda wish the legs could extend out like a tripod for better stability - The point where the center pole meets the legs could be higher and less wiggly...if that makes sense. Overall I like it a lot.

My first impression was great. Feels light and sturdy. It is very easy to opperate, which is important. I like the rubber pads at the feet of this. They seem to have a very nice density. I also discoved it has a spring loaded hook under the center shaft for a dead weight added. Way cool!Just before writing this review I looked over some of the worst reviews and do not understand their complaints after playing around with it again and testing those issues. The top mount is a one piece metal head that would not break like plastic, and is easil;y unscrewed to replace if needed. This fully extended at the leg second notch went well over my head at 5' 10". I did not feel any wabble or play to the poles fully extended. I had recently bought a carbonfiber stand with flimsy aluminum legs costing twice this much, which was less stable, less versatle, harder to opperate, and would not hold it's position. Which had inspired me to find a better stand. I had been using some Manfrotto stands for several years before that, but have some limitation. I believe this is the one I was searching for.

Very nice product. Light and well made. It’s a great, lightweight stand.

Extremely light and compact stands for my flashes set with light modifiers as well the MagMod set.

Really cool for project to projects shots inside (being very portable) but if you take it out side the level of flimsy really shows, that puppy sways with all kinds of sass. Also the legs are SUPER glued into leg hole thingys so after folding the legs up and down 20 plus times a leg will pop out and you'll be like OH SWEET LOVE THAT. But at the end of the day look here, you paid 50 bucks, go get some stronger adhesive and make it right. Now look how foldable and portable it is makes it down right sexy. When I set up my light system and camera system in under 4 mins with no sweat, I look and feel like I’m tony stark.

So far it has been pretty good it’s not as sturdy as I wanted it to but it’s better than others I seen I do like the rubber feet thou. And I like how the legs spread wider if you need it to so far it’s has been pretty good

We purchased these for use with the HTC Vive lighthouses, and they are a perfect portable solution. They fold up well and fit nicely inside of a pretty standard sized Pelican case along with other VR equipment. They are a bit more expensive than other options we have tried, but they are WAY more sturdy. These will be what we buy for all of our VR kits moving forward!

Purchased this to hold a 23" monitor at 8.5 lbs. I am pretty worried about it but the stand is pretty good mfc. claims 8.8lbs max so I'm at the max weight. This is designed like a tripod not a light stand. You pull or push the red tabs to allow the legs to be wider or thinner, It has quick release clamps on the neck to lengthen the stand I believe it is 6' or so in height. For a monitor at the max weight it's a bit unstable unless you A. have the legs at the 2nd position or maybe the 3rd (I did not test this). The wider you go the lower the height. It has a hook for a small weight but I did not test this since I was at the max weight. I am probably going to put a small sand bag on the legs to stabilize it. The 5/8 male tip (1/4-20) also on top came loose so that's good and bad. Normally, I wouldn't use something like this for a monitor but I'm a DIT on photoshoots and I bought it for travel into NYC via Metro North. I'm trying to keep my travel weight to the minium. This weighs about 2.5lbs so I think it's 4 stars overall but if I had an expensive strobe or LED I'd be careful this is not a stand for real heavy duty commercial work or for clumsy people this will fall down fast if you're not careful locking the legs but it is similar to a Gitzo tripod so I'm used to the setup. If you want to use this outside it's cool that you can adjust each leg separately but with the lightweight wind will probably blow this over. Not that other stands would stay put minus a c-stand. Buy this if you understand the pros and cons.. price went up in the weeks after I bought it now 53.00 I got it for 41 with a coupon.

Excellent. I was a little concerned after reading some of the negative comments.What arrived is more than adequate for its intended use.Small, lightweight, indoor lightstand.Holds a basic off camera flash/speedlight without any issues.

This light stand is simply amazing. When I lifted the box my immediate thought was that it must've been empty. Seriously, it is amazingly light yet pretty stable and has a hook for a sandbag should you need it. It seems to be very well made and those rubber feet are a massive improvement to those of "traditional" light stands. It'll always depend on what you want to set up on the light stand, but in my case, it handles a Godox AD200 with an EZlock 25" beauty dish without any issues at all... And when it's closed down it's just so compact! It's perfect if you need something portable! Am totally looking forward to replacing my other light stands with these!