Review on Heil Sound PL-2T Overhead Broadcast Boom: Top-Quality Solution for Seamless Audio Broadcasting by German Diaz

Hinges depend on the rigidity of structurally compromised parts that simply will never work. The slots in the square tubes for the internal springs make them flexible which means that after a little movement and wear they will bend and the loop will fall apart. At that point you roll whatever gets hurt, either way your expensive arrow goes in the trash unless you have a bucket of gear and an hour to fix the thing. With a high risk of it happening again. I just spent over an hour rebuilding my pivot after it blew up and luckily I didn't damage myself or my gear when it fell on the countertop. Terribly awful hinge design, take it back to the drawing board and keep this thing in mind so people don't get concussions from falling mics and steel pipes.