Usual K&M excellent quality, with plastic turn-buckles on the clamps. With the tripod open, this stand is really stable, and goes all the way up to 3.1 meters when fully extended. I find it good for heavy objects that have thread mountings for mic stands, but in practice are too heavy and make a conventional stand unstable. I use two of these with the satellite speakers from a Lucas Nano 300, and find them excellent for this application.