This was a solid stand for me for 3 years, top manufacturing and flexibility. I have been very happy with the investment in this model! But, I would encourage everyone to inspect and retighten everything on your rack, once or twice a year. Recently I rearranged my stand and shifted some gear across the bars and changed the height of the middle two racks, and after having been stable for the preceding 20 hours, something happened while I wasn't present in the room. Something either slowly slipped down and shifted or a Tube Clamp Joint failed, and my stand tipped forward onto the hardwood floor, dumping all my gear with a few unfortunate but repairable casualties. Inspecting afterwards, a fiber-reinforced Tube Clamp Joint was found to fractured/broken, but I can't say if it just failed (unlikely) or if it was broken by the force of the stand hitting the floor (more likely due to the torque & impact). Previously, I had inspected the center of gravity while I was loading my gear onto the rack, and the lowest shelf had a similar amount of weight on it (~30kg) as it had for the previous 3 years, and it had been stable for the preceding 20 hours, so it's a mystery. I have ordered some additional Jaspers stand parts to replace the damaged Tube Clamp Joint, and provide some additional cross bracing and redundancy for potential future slipping. But all in all, I have been super happy with this stand! :)