Recommend me a good light stand

The one you have linked to there is pretty good in my opinion. I have that one, plus a slightly cheaper Neewer one and a C-Stand and use the Heavy duty Neewer one 90% of the time.
 
Faldrax said:
I have one of these, and they are fairly robust.
Note that they are spring damped rather than air damped (which is better) and are silver rather than black.
If I was buying now I'd look at the Lencarta Heavy duty stands, which are air damped and black (https://www.lencarta.com/gb/lencarta-light-stand-265cm-pneumatic-air-damped) and have heard good things about.
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Thank you, these look better so I've cancelled my Amazon order and ordered 2 of the Lencarta stands instead :)
 
Also a fan of the Lencarta heavy duty stands.
And special mention for event shooters, the auto retracting stands that essential do.
www.essentialphoto.co.uk

240cm Studio Retractable Light Stand with 4-Tier Extension

The PixaPro 240cm Studio Retractable Light Stand with 4-Tier Extension is a heavy-duty light support with an automatic open-close set-up mechanism.
www.essentialphoto.co.uk www.essentialphoto.co.uk
There’s a heavy duty one too which I bought and wished I’d got the smaller one.
 
I use Manfrotto for years now and I'm satisfied with them. I have several Master AC (1004 BAC) and a few 1052 BAC. The Master AC are more sturdy. I would not recommend to buy to cheap stands if your strobes are also not the cheapest ones ;-).
 
I did a tutorial on this a while ago, https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/tutorials/which-lighting-stand.155/

Lencarta has been mentioned. Like all other suppliers, they have to sell a full range of different qualities, to cater for different customers, and not all models sold are equal, but IMO opinion their patented pro range ones are unbeatable.

Neewer has also been mentioned. They earned themselves a poor reputation in the past, just re-branding cheap items from manufacturers, but although they do still rebrand they now have a very good range of mid to high end products that they make themselves and so they are now a serious manufacturer in their own right - I know a bit about them because, although long-retired, I still have a close personal relationship with the Lencarta people, who are their UK stockists, and I have one of their video tripods, which is first class.

Mind you, it's strange that Neewer make shiny metal light stands that will inevitably create unwanted reflections:(
 
Graham W said:
I have these and they're absolutly fine...put wheels on mine!
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They are without doubt the best stands I've ever used. Quarter turn loose to solid, lightweight and matt-black. And - no collars to break.
(and I put wheels on 3 of mine too :) )
 
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These are the wheels I bought...it was 7 years ago. (y)

Pixapro Caster Wheels Photography Equipment Lighting Video Studio Camera Photoshoot Filming Photo Light Portable Film Proffessional Light Stands (30mm Fitting) - Clamp, Kit, Tripod, Rolling : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Pixapro Caster Wheels Photography Equipment Lighting Video Studio Camera Photoshoot Filming Photo Light Portable Film Proffessional Light Stands (30mm Fitting) - Clamp, Kit, Tripod, Rolling : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
www.amazon.co.uk
 
Graham W said:
These are the wheels I bought...it was 7 years ago. (y)

Pixapro Caster Wheels Photography Equipment Lighting Video Studio Camera Photoshoot Filming Photo Light Portable Film Proffessional Light Stands (30mm Fitting) - Clamp, Kit, Tripod, Rolling : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

Pixapro Caster Wheels Photography Equipment Lighting Video Studio Camera Photoshoot Filming Photo Light Portable Film Proffessional Light Stands (30mm Fitting) - Clamp, Kit, Tripod, Rolling : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
www.amazon.co.uk
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They're wheelie good....sorry I couldn't resist that dad joke :ROFLMAO:
 
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