LOMTAP C Stand Light Stand Stainless Metal Photography Kit - Heavy Duty 10.8ft/330cm Vertical Pole, 4.2ft/128cm Boom Arm, Adjustable Base, Water Sandbag, 2 Grip Heads, 3 Clips for Softbox, Reflector

I see a couple reviews where people call this stand lightweight and low quality - I honestly wonder if they ordered some other product? This C stand is one of the beefiest things I own, and I just ordered a second one. The base telescopes to well over 10 feet - maybe 12 or 13 feet tall. That's not including the arm which could be extended even higher to 15 feet or more - I'm not sure what you want to do this for (we're contemplating rescuing a stuffed Elmo doll from a ledge high above my vaulted foyer with the stand and I once needed a VERY long pole to retrieve a drone from a tree. Or maybe you could attach it to your Delorean with a copper hook to catch that power cable suspended above Main Street.) Anyway, back to the matter at hand - as it stands (ha!) this thing is very heavy and the hardware is sturdy and does not loosen over time. I love the sound of slotting the main mast into the base - a sort of machined metal 'ZIP'. The bag is great so far and I toss a few extra things into it like tape and a roll of paper for blacking out windows and such. I bought some extra sandbags in preparation for this stand I have not needed them at all - suspending an LED panel light above a standing subject was not enough to make this stand unstable. If I really stretched to find some negatives, it would be that the foam handle part slides fairly easily up and down (but who cares?) and the plastic clips are useful but they don't really attach snugly to the supplied arm - they are larger than the arm so they slide back and forth so you can either clamp, say, a light diffuser directly to the arm, catching it between the clamp teeth and the arm, or get the fancy c stand clamps that actually affix to the arm and then tighten down on whatever thing. Or maybe stick a piece of cloth in the gap and that might snug it up. That's about it. This C stand rocks. It's a good deal for how many uses on of these has. The bag works well, looks pro, and holds extra stuff.Edit: My second stand is just as great as the first. The bag for the second stand arrived with a hole in the corner. I'm shopping now for a solution for carrying both stands securely.

Surprisingly good quality on the C-Stand, especially at this price point. I especially liked the carry bag that comes with it. It makes it easier to carry such a bulky item. The little add ons were a bonus. The "sand bag" looks like you could use water with it - making it an easy carry to any location.

I used this to hold a westcott FJ400 with an umbrella attached and it performed flawlessly. I ordered a set of C-stand wheels to add to the legs and that makes it even easier to position. The stand is well built and really easy to adjust, the padding on the stand makes it ergonomic to grab and move and I like the powder black coating - time will tell if that finish will hold up through continued use but new it looks great. I liked it so much I ordered a second one. :)

All of this equipment came in great working order. High Quality Pro Gear! No Complaints Here!!!

First, LOMTAP took forever to ship this. I'm not sure what happened or why but it took a week for it to show up despite it being a Prime purchase. Not only that, they didn't ship the product until two days before it arrived. I plan to buy more of these in the future and hope this isn't a regular practice of them.That out of the way, let me just say that these stands are AWESOME. The actual "C stand" part has an incredible texture, is extremely sturdy, and just feels like it's built to last ... even if it's abused. The gobo heads it comes with are acceptable and do their job. Love the water bag weights that I can adjust based on the equipment I have attached. Best of all, they're BLACK which makes them look far less garish when compared to other (silver) C stands.These are incredible and for the cheap Amaran lights that I'm attaching to them, they get the job done. The only problem is that the boom pole that comes with them is crazy thing and quite bendy. I don't know if that's a common theme across all C stands (it very well could be as I've seen many a video showing some bendy C stand booms) but it makes me quite uneasy. I'm planning to replace the boom with a heavy duty boom ... but that means I have to spend more money on this and at that rate, it would've made sense to go with a different brand altogether and just get everything in one go.Despite all that, I plan to buy more of these because I just can't get over how they feel and how they pretty much include every single thing you'll need for these (best of all: they include a cheapy case that helps in transportation of these things).If you buy these, you won't be disappointed. Just be prepared to wait a bit for shipping ... and be aware that the boom is really only able to support maybe a few pounds of weight before it starts getting bendy and scary.

As advertised. Sturdy. I like the black option versus the silver

Stable base and the size allows for easy travel. A case is also included. It can be a bit hefty for those who don’t strength train however I was very impressed with the functionality and stability when mounting a dual-powered AD200 flash setup to the stand.