Top lighting stand / speaker stand. The hand crank works on some kind of internal suspension cable, this cranks super easy, and lifts crazy amounts of weight, with almost no effort, I’m kicking myself for not getting this much sooner, for many years, I struggled badly with the cheapest manual lighting stands, for almost no reason whatsoever. Trust me, you’ll feel the difference over a manual stand without the crank, big time!. Wouldn’t go back to the old ones for a million bucks.