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<blockquote data-quote="rocketman122" data-source="post: 329581" data-attributes="member: 14443"><p>you can go with manfrotto and there are other chinese brand. IMO, the brand is not the issue. you have to find the right size. of course they be junk if youre using 7 foot one and the thing is wobbling. you need to find ones with mass. and that comes in proportion to the height of the stands. they get heavier and more solid the higher they can extend. like tripods. if it can extend pretty high, they are built thicker and they have more heft to the bars.</p><p></p><p> I have cheap chinese ones that are as solid as the manfrotto I own (4m/13ft) I use the manfrottos at weddings and they do wobble when theyre extended. so dont think theyre rock solid and the flash wont dance at the top even when touching it just a bit. I use 2-3 for the dance floor and I try to raise them as high as I can. but will only use them in their highest position when I can place them in an area where no one will trip and knock them over. I had a lot of close calls..</p><p></p><p>see this</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irH21EyczMk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irH21EyczMk</a></p><p></p><p>notice the thickness of the bar when they extend higher. expecially the 3 feet at the bottom. with light stands you get what you pay for. dont expect that a 7' can do what a 13' can..</p><p>dont forget the higher you extend the stand the more wobble, so if youre using it at the lowest height its going to be more solid. personally I have 7 stands. 3 chines kind that go to 13', 2 manfrotto that go to 13' and 2 7'. the 13' would be the ones I get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rocketman122, post: 329581, member: 14443"] you can go with manfrotto and there are other chinese brand. IMO, the brand is not the issue. you have to find the right size. of course they be junk if youre using 7 foot one and the thing is wobbling. you need to find ones with mass. and that comes in proportion to the height of the stands. they get heavier and more solid the higher they can extend. like tripods. if it can extend pretty high, they are built thicker and they have more heft to the bars. I have cheap chinese ones that are as solid as the manfrotto I own (4m/13ft) I use the manfrottos at weddings and they do wobble when theyre extended. so dont think theyre rock solid and the flash wont dance at the top even when touching it just a bit. I use 2-3 for the dance floor and I try to raise them as high as I can. but will only use them in their highest position when I can place them in an area where no one will trip and knock them over. I had a lot of close calls.. see this [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irH21EyczMk[/url] notice the thickness of the bar when they extend higher. expecially the 3 feet at the bottom. with light stands you get what you pay for. dont expect that a 7' can do what a 13' can.. dont forget the higher you extend the stand the more wobble, so if youre using it at the lowest height its going to be more solid. personally I have 7 stands. 3 chines kind that go to 13', 2 manfrotto that go to 13' and 2 7'. the 13' would be the ones I get. [/QUOTE]
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