Monoprice Suspension Boom Scissor Broadcast Mic Stand, Support 2lbs. Weight, Padded Metal C-clamp, Extendable Arm - Stage Right Series

It works great! It seems to be built well. I knew that it would not be strong enough to hold up the microphone that I have. But when it got here I took it to the hardware store and bought 28 pound springs. Are use them to replace the top two springs on the boom and now it works great! I've heard other people say that the knobs broke easily on their's. I did not experience this but those two are easily purchased at Moe‘s hardware stores for a couple bucks. Even if you include the cost of doing your own upgrades it's much cheaper than buying the more expensive them in the first place. If you were the sort of person who wants to spend much less money but putting very little work this is great. If you want it perfect out of the box I guess you'll have to shell out a lot more money.

Use it to hold a Tascam T80 condenser mic. Great stand for the price - super easy to position throughout the entire range of the arm, and you can lock every joint. Although the arm will naturally wobble slightly if you bump into the mic/desk, it is a very solid construction for the price.

I wouldn't put a heavy mic on it, or a mic above $200. The mic clip it comes with doesn't work well with thin mics. Then again, a clip is around $5 and the next mic stand that's not some mystery brand costs around $50. The base of the stand is slightly wobbly as well, but strong enough to hold the likes of a live mic This is the only cheap stand that has any known brand under $50 I could find. It does the job pretty well, and I don't feel like my mics are in danger.

It's not going to win any awards, but it's inexpensive and it works. However, it didn't come with anything to keep the arm in the mounting bracket, so if you pull up on the arm, you can pull it out of the bracket. Also, the arm doesn't fit snugly in the bracket, so it has quite a bit of wobble. Again though, good price and does what I need it to.

Basic mic stand. Can't handle anything too heavy--I have just one condenser mic on it, and it struggles to hold that up at the angle I set it at. And if I put anything else on it, like a shock mount, the arm itself buckles. Still, it does hold the mic up. Great if you're on a budget and don't need a super fancy setup.

the unit requires a minimum overhang of top of desk or table of 1 1/2 inch, which I don't have, so I will have to invent some other way to secure the mount. then I will be able to attach a mic to see if it will hold the weight of the mic. the arms seem to be a bit shorter than I anticipated, so after I mount the mic I will see if the boom provides sufficient range of motion.

Bought this thinking it would be a good budget desk stand for my RE20 (horrible idea) and bought the monoprice suspension mic stand, after placing the suspensions stand on the arm the metal clamps began to malfunction and I can no longer fit the metal stand pole inside of the clamps

It's not bad, just won't hold a large diaphragm condenser mic well unless you grab a couple of pairs of pliers and tighten the bolts as tightly as possible. Even then it slips. It would probably be ok for a small diaphragm or light dyanamic. Even a Shure SM-58 is a little too heavy at certain positions.

If you're planning to use this in a fixed environment and not moving it to live gigs all the time, it's a good enough stand for most handheld microphones. But I DO unscrew the clamp and move it 3 or 4 days a week to gigs. Well, I used to. It's broken and will no longer hold itself up let alone with a microphone in its holder.

The price was definitely a selling point for me , overall it gets the job done. but there are some flaws that hurt , the sleeve that holds the arm to the mount is a cheap hard plastic that is not snug. just after a few turns of the arm (use/not use) the sleeve has little indents/ chips in which will only get worse till unable to use. my mic is on a shock mount but any touching of the arm or movement picks up everyhting.