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Matthews Digital Baby Stand 387032 (Steel) - Review
Review . . great strength and confidence inspiring stability. When my Kupo Baby Roller stand is not quite big enough, this stand always is.
I recently used this stand with an offset (7 in.) light above & offset reflector below. As shown, the Footprint diameter is slightly reduced to a studio friendly 114cm taking the (heavy) castor pivot as the index - making this stand hugely more stable than any C-stand - even more so with the castors removed and the footprint maximised. In comparison, the longest leg of an MSE C-stand reaches just 47 cm from the centre column.
I'd normally have a punctured yellow tennis ball on the top of that lower Alu bar and maybe also on the Additional Socket For Super Clamp SKU 335AS stud, attached to the lowest superclamp
The full length welded-in steel Baby Pin top fitting and all steel construction (capacity; 58lbs - 26.3kg) means that it is fully capable of accepting anything I own - up to and easily including a 4.5 Kg Battery-on-board Monolight/Large modifier combo, correctly balanced, at 120 cm offset on a steel boom.
On removing the (third-party) 4in. lockable castors (£25.68 & were nominally for 25 mm X 25 mm square legs and 45 degree deployment) and arranging the struts to be parallel to the floor, the stand achieves its impressive optimal stability and its full Footprint diameter of 128cm - the leg to floor angle being 36 degrees instead of the 45 as shown. I find the levelling leg to be highly desirable if setting up outside on a gradient. Need nesting? Use 'Reverse' stands if you need something deployed nearby - but usually I use a sidearm from this stand.
After extended use, when required and usually outside in the wind, I have become confident sandbagging this stand's tripod base up to 75Kg (that's 165 pounds). (Balancing a boom etc is a totally separate additional exercise.) Naturally the Wt is applied 'fairly' to the centre column immediately above the apex of the tripod base, such that it's effect is as close to the Footprint centre as practicable - and - the weights are kept off the ground. I use 24KN karabiners to prusik loops (3) on the column. Note that this is a statement of my occasional practice when required and not a recommendation (although this stand copes very easily).
It's quite big and certainly heavy (did I mention that it reaches to 4.14 m?) - and its tripod base required a re-build due to uncharacteristic 'sub par' assembly by MSE. I may use my heavy duty 'Reverse' stands overall more frequently than this one, but now, with the option of 3rd party wheels, I really like this magnificent, confidence inspiring, potentially tall, sprung riser, good value, very strong 'Baby pin' stand, indoors and out. Matthews Steel Digital Baby Stand 387032.
Matthews Digital Baby Stand 387032 (Steel) - Review
Review . . great strength and confidence inspiring stability. When my Kupo Baby Roller stand is not quite big enough, this stand always is.
I recently used this stand with an offset (7 in.) light above & offset reflector below. As shown, the Footprint diameter is slightly reduced to a studio friendly 114cm taking the (heavy) castor pivot as the index - making this stand hugely more stable than any C-stand - even more so with the castors removed and the footprint maximised. In comparison, the longest leg of an MSE C-stand reaches just 47 cm from the centre column.
I'd normally have a punctured yellow tennis ball on the top of that lower Alu bar and maybe also on the Additional Socket For Super Clamp SKU 335AS stud, attached to the lowest superclamp
The full length welded-in steel Baby Pin top fitting and all steel construction (capacity; 58lbs - 26.3kg) means that it is fully capable of accepting anything I own - up to and easily including a 4.5 Kg Battery-on-board Monolight/Large modifier combo, correctly balanced, at 120 cm offset on a steel boom.
On removing the (third-party) 4in. lockable castors (£25.68 & were nominally for 25 mm X 25 mm square legs and 45 degree deployment) and arranging the struts to be parallel to the floor, the stand achieves its impressive optimal stability and its full Footprint diameter of 128cm - the leg to floor angle being 36 degrees instead of the 45 as shown. I find the levelling leg to be highly desirable if setting up outside on a gradient. Need nesting? Use 'Reverse' stands if you need something deployed nearby - but usually I use a sidearm from this stand.
After extended use, when required and usually outside in the wind, I have become confident sandbagging this stand's tripod base up to 75Kg (that's 165 pounds). (Balancing a boom etc is a totally separate additional exercise.) Naturally the Wt is applied 'fairly' to the centre column immediately above the apex of the tripod base, such that it's effect is as close to the Footprint centre as practicable - and - the weights are kept off the ground. I use 24KN karabiners to prusik loops (3) on the column. Note that this is a statement of my occasional practice when required and not a recommendation (although this stand copes very easily).
It's quite big and certainly heavy (did I mention that it reaches to 4.14 m?) - and its tripod base required a re-build due to uncharacteristic 'sub par' assembly by MSE. I may use my heavy duty 'Reverse' stands overall more frequently than this one, but now, with the option of 3rd party wheels, I really like this magnificent, confidence inspiring, potentially tall, sprung riser, good value, very strong 'Baby pin' stand, indoors and out. Matthews Steel Digital Baby Stand 387032.