David Ross Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Hello: I am putting together a small lighting package and need to purchase some lightweight light stands. The lights that i will be be using are basically Arri 650 fresnels,Arri 300 watt fresnels, 200watt Mole midgets and Arri 150's. I have a few Arri AS-1 stands. I love these stands.... but they cost around $130 each. I need a total of 8 stands so if you do the math it gets expensive. Can anyone suggest a good solid professional lightweight stand that meets or exceeds the Arri kit stand. Hoping to find something in the $45-60 range. I own several American and Matthews 2 riser baby stands that i use for my larger lights but these stands are clearly overkill for the run and gun type production. your thoughts please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bruce Taylor Posted May 8, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 8, 2010 I have used a set of Lowel Omni-stands for many years for smaller lights. Unlike a lot of the cheap stuff they are really solid, and reasonably light. Looks like they can be had for about $90 ea new. You might have some luck on ebay as well for used ones. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ross Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hello: I am putting together a small lighting package and need to purchase some lightweight light stands. The lights that i will be be using are basically Arri 650 fresnels,Arri 300 watt fresnels, 200watt Mole midgets and Arri 150's. I have a few Arri AS-1 stands. I love these stands.... but they cost around $130 each. I need a total of 8 stands so if you do the math it gets expensive. Can anyone suggest a good solid professional lightweight stand that meets or exceeds the Arri kit stand. Hoping to find something in the $45-60 range. I own several American and Matthews 2 riser baby stands that i use for my larger lights but these stands are clearly overkill for the run and gun type production. your thoughts please! Thanks for the feed back, I own some of those Lowel Omni stands that you spoke of. They are too lightweight even for the mole midgets. I do also own some of the heavy duty lowel KS stands and they are a little over kill for this need. Again looking for something as good or better than the Arri AS-1stands. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Auner aac Posted May 14, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 14, 2010 Again looking for something as good or better than the Arri AS-1stands. Hi David, the AS-1 is actually a Manfrotto 050 light stand. You might try and find some used, but I guess you're SOL with finding soemthing as good/better and cheaper. All the cheaper stuff I worked with was too flimsy or not reliable enough for me. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ross Posted May 14, 2010 Author Share Posted May 14, 2010 Hi David, the AS-1 is actually a Manfrotto 050 light stand. You might try and find some used, but I guess you're SOL with finding soemthing as good/better and cheaper. All the cheaper stuff I worked with was too flimsy or not reliable enough for me. Cheers, Dave Thanks for the info: My experience has shown me to "not cheap out" when it comes to stands. Spend the extra money up front to avoid a light falling on to who know what or who? I will look into the stand you mentioned. Best Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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