Impact C-Stands?

Almost all of my C-stands were purchased used. I have a few of the Impact style stands which I purchased new. They are the chrome style with the foam grip on them. Nothing really wrong with them, except that they are heavy when compared to Norms, American, Matthews, so I keep them in the studio, while my nicer lighter stands ride in my Sprinter van.
 
If you are buying new ones, and don't need the detachable base, the Matthews stands are a really good buy. The best way to save money is to go get them. You don't want to pay the shipping.
 
Im sorry but i have an amvona/dynatran and it is crap. No it hasnt fallen apart but it always feels like its on the verge. In addition the grip head even when brand new would not hold with any weight in it no matter how hard you tightened. Had to replace with an avenger head/arm.
 
I had one Amvona. The cast-part of the base cracked after a few months. Avenger's are really great, mine are going on 2 decades.

That said, c-stands are kind of over rated - everyone seems to have heard that word and buys them up, thinking they can stick big panels and frames on 'em. Get a few steel Beefy babies for the same price as a turtle-base c-stand. Lots more useful.
 
I have an Impact stand and LOVE it. But usually use a combo stand on location shoots and keep the c-stands in the studio... combos are just so much lighter and pretty darn versatile for about the same $.
 
That's not a stand that I've ever seen on set, and I can see why. All aluminum tubing, plastic castings, no crank on the arm, wrong type of spud. A "combo" stand can really refer to a wide variety of things, but it typically means a steel 2k / reflector stand with a 750 pop-up pin.

I wouldn't get those Impact C stands either, I ran into a couple of them on a music video a while back. They're much taller than American and Norms stands, and even taller than Matthews or Avenger stands. I don't think they would fit onto a cart. They also have a strange locking device on the bottom of the turtle base that makes it take a bit longer to unfold and fold. The knuckles are fine though, much better than the old style Matthews knuckles.
 
Yeah, sorry for the confusion, I guess it's called a "combi" stand not a combo. Basically a large, light-duty stand with an integral boom that could hold some lightweight grip. I wouldn't imagine it would be something found on a film set, but pretty adequate for my one-man-band shoots to hold the occasional indoor reflector, flag or scrim.
 
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