This is a good stand for my banjo. The banjo is heavy and sits comfortably in the stand. No issue with stability.

Bought this for my banjo. Only because it said banjo stand. Hehe. Turns out the down steam monitor stand I use is the same thing. So now I have two.

Great but. Works as advertised. Foamy bits protect my shiny friends. Easy to deploy with one hand if needed.

This stand has two critical design flaws that make my daily experience with it miserable:

1) The stand does not lock in the open position. It is held open only by gravity, and does not open very wide. This would not be a problem except that...
2) The foam at the top of the stand, which makes contact with the resonator, is cheap. The first time I took my banjo off the stand, it stuck to the foam, causing the stand to lift and close before falling back to the floor. The surface of the foam had become shiny and sticky to the touch and has only gotten worse since.

Every time I lift my banjo off the stand it's the same story: the foam sticks, the stand closes, and I have to set it back up again before I put my banjo back down. I see some people giving this piece of junk a 5-star review while also posting their "solutions" to these defects (e.g. covering the foam with old socks). This product has like three parts! If you have to replace one of them it is a crappy product. Do yourself a favor and pay a little more for something that works.

I am not happy with this stand. I also do not understand why it has so many high ratings. I bought it based on those ratings and now realize those ratings are probably not true. How many posted reviews include "great" and "stars"?

While this stand will hold a banjo, I must say, "not securely". My stand only opens up to 6-1/2 inches at the base. This is a fare cry from the very wide base shown in pictures by both Amazon and other alleged posters. If I try and open my stand to the width shown in posted photos, it will bend the stand wires. Also, there is no spreader bar at the bottom to hold the stand open, like on a similar stand. Mine wants to close up. I once found the stand had narrowed to less than four inches at the base.

Bottom line, I'm not a happy Amazon shopper. This product has either been severely over-hyped or the build quality has diminished, drastically. While I don't "hate it", I'm far from satisfied and would NOT recommend this banjo stand to anyone else.

I agree with all the other reviewers who love this stand. I can confirm that yes, it absolutely works with either resonator or open-back banjos. The upper rest hits the back of the resonator on a resonator banjo, or it hits the heel of an open-back banjo. I bought four of these and am using them with a Goodtime open back, a Stewart-MacDonald open-back, an Epiphone resonator, and a Deering Eagle II resonator (which I use both with and without the resonator, and the stand works both ways).
My only concern was with the foam padding. The great thing about a stand like this is that my banjos are always out of their cases and handy, meaning I am more likely to squeeze in quick practice sessions. But with an expensive heavier banjo like my Eagle II, I worry that the prolonged pressure of sitting in the stand all the time could potentially cause the foam pads to mar the finish. My solution was to cut slits down the tops of a pair of black cotton crew socks and wrap them around the contact points of the cradle arms. I also cut the ribbed top off one of the socks and slipped it over the the upper rest. Now nothing but soft cotton touches my Eagle II (see attached photos, showing modified stand with Epiphone resonator banjo).
The Internet being what it is, I'm sure someone is going to comment that I am being a paranoid loon to do this, and you may be right--there probably isn't any cause for concern. But having seen the foam and rubber parts on other products soften or deteriorate with age, heat, sunlight, compression, etc., I'd rather cut up a $2 pair of socks than take any risk of damaging a $2,500 banjo.