Review on 🎤 Gator Frameworks GFW-MIC-0821: Short Weighted Base Microphone Stand with Soft Grip Twist Clutch, Boom Arm, and Versatile Mounts by Corina Doepke

These reviews seem to cover several different models so I have to say I got the model with a counterweight on the arm and a solid base. I wanted something on the side that wouldn't get in the way, but found the dual spring arm mounts to be too large. It's located behind my mixer on the side of my desk, pointing pretty much at my face, where I usually sit. It's just far enough away to be out of the camera's field of view, while my Shure SM27 mic isn't quite at arm's length. So the sound of my voice is very clear. The back of the mic is pointed at one of my computer speakers and it picks up absolutely nothing from it; the other is almost 90 degrees to the side and almost inaudible. I might have music that's loud to my ears, but it's very quiet background music that the mic picks up, which is great. (Obviously this is a feature of a good supercardioid mic, not a stand.) My only criticism of this stand is the main tube, which extends 8 inches. You will have to twist the rubber part of the neck while holding the part that screws into the base or it will come loose when you try to adjust the height of the cross arm. You need 3 hands! However, the main tube is slippery and needs a lock washer or similar to allow it to be more securely installed in the base. Otherwise the down tube will come loose at the base. This thing is too damn heavy to mess with parts that either don't tighten or have to turn nearly a full turn to loosen or tighten. The base tube should have a notch or protrusion that allows it to drop into the base to keep it from rotating and a screw at the bottom to secure it.