Look, the thing is made of plastic, and I know that it is not going to hold up like something made of steel like we had in high school in the 70's, but I signed up for exactly what this thing purports to be, and it is SLICK. EXCELLENT design. VERY sturdy, especially because the center of gravity is skewed towards the tubular steel legs rather than the desk and tray up top.

The quick release mechanism on the pole is awesome.

And the way the desk folds out and is stiffened by the tray being slid into the channel on the front faces of the leaves is just GREAT industrial design. I use this at home as my music study station when I practice for a Men's Chorus. I have a 5 year old and a 3month old in the house, so I need to be able to set up wherever is furthest from whomever is either playing or trying to sleep, It is bigger when collapsed than the smallest of my portable ones, but it is NOT a PITA to deal with like that one is. It is perfect for practicing at home and breaking it down and putting it in the closet rather than leaving it set up to be knocked over.. .It is that easy and quick to set up and break down.

I am going to try attaching a tray to the main stand shaft to hold my tablet (I use a midi player app to practice the parts) I have no fear that the stand will handle the additional off-center weight.

So far, working out great. I'm not a bassist, but I'm a 6'2" singer, and I've long needed a stand that wouldn't force me to look down my nose at the music. This stand does that job well, has the strength to handle a piano-vocal score (and 2 reasonable retaining arms to keep the music open. The music is plastic and lightweight, but the whole stand seems strong and well-designed, quickly disassembled, and packs well in its case for travel. All adjustments can be tightened down, so there's no flopping around of the desk. Again, so far, so good. I like it.

For years, I carried around a music stand I got at the Guitar Center. When you are a regular gigging musician, loose ends can kill you as they mean multiple trips to the car. And when you have to park far away from the performance site, it gets really inconvenient. Plus pieces get lost if separated. This stand solves these problems. Stand itself folds up pretty small, but the real winner is the base for the music. The ledge is wide enough to hold a bit binder with all my music in it, and it folds into a square after flipping back over the folded up legs and main support. This means I can stuff it into a speaker stand case and get it to the performance site with no loose ends. It comes with a case too, which also makes it self-contained and protects it in my speaker stand case.

The plastic fold up top of the stand, where you put your music, seems a bit delicate because it's plastic, so I hope it doesn't break. I wish it was metal, but so far, so good.

Really like this music stand although I admit it feels somewhat delicate so I find myself being more careful with it than I'd like to have to be. The stand and legs are lightweight metal and very sturdy, nice wide tripod stance stays put on stage. Overall the stand is so much lighter than my old metal folding stand. The 'back' of the music stand is made of plastic and folds into four sections by the way of dove-tailed seams. To assemble, unfold it and slide on the tongue-in-grove lip to stabilize the back. It comes with a soft-sided cloth bag for storage and hauling. The bag offers no protection so I kept the original foam packing as long as it held up. I have to carry it separately and cannot put it in my larger gig bag, which is a minor inconvenience but I just know that if it goes in the bag with everything else it's gonna get busted. Despite the storage concerns, I recommend it because the stand itself is great - lightweight and easy to quickly setup/breakdown.

This is a nice, sturdy, heavy-duty plastic collapsible music stand. I needed to buy a music stand for our ukulele group. I needed something sturdy enough to hold up the thick 300+ page Daily Ukulele books that we use in class. This stand can handle those books. Many others with lesser, wimpier stands have a difficult time/ are too weak and shaky for that big of a book. Sure it costs a little bit more money, but chances are you're only buying one stand. It folds down pretty easily once you get the hang of it. So far so good. Would recommend highly.