I guess I have a very heavy microphone, but it has happened to me a few times that the stand gave way and fell... (within a few days) This can probably be easily solved by tightening it properly, but the threads are not very easy to grip, so I used a metal thing that was lying around around to tighten it properly... It won't budge. I don't like that at the point where it separates from the bottom part that holds the table it's quite loose, when I hang the microphone it bends a few cm in that part... maybe it's the weight, maybe also the angle at which you have it, I I have it stretched straight into the distance... so of course there will be a big rush at the point I'm talking about. They could have solved that better for me... Otherwise, I like the materials and design...