We wanted and extra stand to take with us on a tour and figured this would be just fine.  We have lots of the basic wire stands but wanted a black one, just in case it had to end up on stage. We read the reviews and, even though we knew it wasn't a heavy duty stand, thought this would be fine for a back up.  When the stand arrived, the first thing we noticed was that one of the music holders was flopping around. Since it couldn't be tightened in any way, that meant it was useless. We also noted that the "shelf" was a little shallow, probably not any shallower than other inexpensive stands, so any thicker music books or notebooks would not be able to stay on without something holding on tightly.

As we put it together, however, we discovered that one of the hand-screw-knobs that holds the stand in place -- stops it from spinning around -- could not be tightened enough to actually stop the stand from spinning.  We finally took pliers to it and was able to get it tight enough to ALMOST stop it from turning but weren't able to really ever get the stand to stay still.  Since that's a deal breaker, basically rendering the stand useless, we returned it to amazon.com.

One note about wire stands in general.  They use to all come with a lever at the bottom that would click into place and hold the stand open. That's a WAY better method than something that hand tightens, which is what this stand uses, 'cause it locks the stand into place. These screw-knobs can be fine but tend to break and/or wear out.
We wanted and extra stand to take with us on a tour and figured this would be just fine. We have lots of the basic wire stands but wanted a black one, just in case it had to end up on stage. We read the reviews and, even though we knew it wasn't a heavy duty stand, thought this would be fine for a back up. When the stand arrived, the first thing we noticed was that one of the music holders was flopping around. Since it couldn't be tightened in any way, that meant it was useless. We also noted that the "shelf" was a little shallow, probably not any shallower than other inexpensive stands, so any thicker music books or notebooks would not be able to stay on without something holding on tightly. As we put it together, however, we discovered that one of the hand-screw-knobs that holds the stand in place -- stops it from spinning around -- could not be tightened enough to actually stop the stand from spinning. We finally took pliers to it and was able to get it tight enough to ALMOST stop it from turning but weren't able to really ever get the stand to stay still. Since that's a deal breaker, basically rendering the stand useless, we returned it to amazon. com. One note about wire stands in general. They use to all come with a lever at the bottom that would click into place and hold the stand open. That's a WAY better method than something that hand tightens, which is what this stand uses, 'cause it locks the stand into place. These screw-knobs can be fine but tend to break and/or wear out.