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- #818 in Photographic Lighting Booms & Stands
Product Description
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
I use this to balance my lights on a C-Stand. The counter weight works better than a sandbag and is more elegant. The unit is designed to work with just about any type of stand that needs to be balanced, but for photographers, sound engineers and video producers, it's primary value is that it's very stout and can balance a very heavy light even though it is relatively small. It is also very affordable for the utility it offers. Highly recommended.
Customer in Oregon
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025
Nicely coated; great, useful shape; and did I mention heavy? Oh, yeah....
Jeff
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2024
I prefer having this counterweight overhanging a sandbag. This is a great value for its functionality. I highly recommend it if you're booming off a C-stand.
H. Cho
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024
This is compact, heavy for its size counterweight. Initially, I got this to use on a boom arm on my c-stand. However, the boom arm for my c-stand was bit too thin to have this securely mounted. I realized that I could use this instead of the sandbags on one of the c-stand legs to balance it and take up less space. This is also super handy when balancing tripods when using the center column horizontally. This is very versatile counterweight that can securely balance lighting equipment or camera on a boom. Recommended.
JF in SD
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024
Like the headline says...this is a secure weight with a soft rubber coating that makes it easy to grip and adds a protective feel to it. Worked well on the boom arm and attached at base or to legs of the light or backdrop stand. It does what it's supposed to do and it does it quite elegantly (for a weight).
Fan
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
Sometimes you don't realize what 8.8 lb feels like until you put it on the back-end of a light stand. This weight is the perfect amount of weight to help you balance heavier lighting. The other big advantage with this design is the fact that it has a clamp style attachment versus the older sandbags hanging loose that I used to use. So basically you don't have to worry about this weight falling off when moving your light stand around.Build quality was superb with the rubber coating helping to protect the light stand from being scratched. And because it's so dense in weight it's also very compact compared to the size of sandbags. So functionality is very practical and it is definitely excellent value for the money.
Mike M
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2024
The Neewer 8.8 lb. Counterweight is a great option for a boom arm when you don't want to use a sandbag. This counterweight is nicely made. It has a vinyl covering over the entire weight which gives it a very clean look and also does the job of tightly securing it onto the boom arm. It secures on very well and the vinyl really grips the arm. There are only two things that could be improved. The lever does not tighten down smoothly. As another review pointed out, it feels like the threads of the screw are cross threading but they aren't. It doesn't hamper the use of it but it doesn't feel great when you're tightening it. The other thing I would have liked is to have a piece of rubber on the inside of the metal clamp. I'll probably put a piece of rubber on there myself. Other than those two minor points, this counterweight is very good and reasonably priced.
Gary Lofgren
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024
I have been overall impressed with a lot of the recent pieces of Neewer gear that I have added to my kit and this 4kg counterweight is no exception. First off, it can be had at a price point that is far lower than any of the other counterweights I already own. It has always been shocking to me just how expensive a simple chunk of metal with a clamp on it can be from some brands. The second advantage it is has over my previous weights is the fact that is has the great red plastic laminate completely encapsulating the weight. For all the money I spent on previous weights, they are just rough, bare metal with a quick coat of paint sprayed on them. Third, it just works as a counterweight on my boom arms. I will admit that everything is not perfect. If I had to nit pick, the screw on the clamp does not operate very smoothly. It is not cross threaded but requires different levels of force depending on which position in the rotation it is in which is very strange. It is just not as smooth and quick to adjust as my other counterweights. However, that is my only issue so far and one that I am willing to adapt to considering the cost savings of this compared to my other counterweights. These are a great value if needing them for your studio work.
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