K&M 25935

There's and old adage - buy cheap, buy twice.
This is especially true of mic stands.
I bought this to mic up my little vibro champ amp and as a less intrusive stand for mic'ing up acoustics.
The cheaper stand which this is replacing, really isn't up to the job. I must have saved a tenner at the most buying the cheaper one, which now just takes up space.
This one does the job it's supposed to. It happily holds a large condenser mic in place and makes mic'ing my amp up a lot easier. I haven't tried it on an acoustic yet but I'm sure it's fine - I have other k&m's. It will be ideal for mic'ing kick drums, which is it's main purpose but it's good for guitar amps, acoustic instruments (not as an overhead - it's too small)
It's a mic stand - there's not much to say really - it does the job. And that's all it needs to do. Cheaper stands don't, from my experience. You're not saving much on the cheaper stands - you'll only have to replace them so just get the K&M in the first place.
There are other solid stands out there - we have some in the studios I work at but I never look at the names on things like that.
Just get the K&M because you know it will do the job.

I have bought this stand to be used for drum and guitar recordings.
Right now, I am using it for snare micing (below), bass drum micing (inside and outside) and also guitar and bass cabinets.
In all of these applications, the stand is doing a great job. I don't think I am ever going to buy a different one for these applications.

Overall, the stand is sturdy and robust. All the screws, pivots and joints are well built and will last a long time if handled properly.

The only thing where I thought it was lacking was when micing the inside of a bass drum. If you have a deep bass drum or if you need to get really deep in with the mic (just behind the batter head) you might get problems with mics that are heavy. In these situations, it is difficult to keep the stand ffrom toppling over. You will need to tighten the base screw really fast to stop the boom arm flom gliding down slowly.

Other than that, it is a great stand and I would definitely buy it again. It's so much more robust than any of the cheap models and it's still reasonable in price.