Strong, reliable and conveniently compact. The Compact Lighting Stand with Air Cushioning is a true compact photo stand, with all the essential features you’d expect and more. Designed to make capturing that perfect shot even easier and assist the professional creatives working on location, this lighting stand balances a lightweight frame with impressive lifting abilities. Other great features on this essential compact lighting stand include air cushioned movement which keeps your adjustments smooth and sure, but you also won\'t need to worry about damage to your photography equipment and studio lighting or catching your fingers during accidental retraction. So working fast and with confidence just got even easier. When you’re ready to go, you simply fold down the stand and with its flat profile it’ll form a neat, easy-to-carry package, weighing just 1.2kg. Finally, its sturdy 109cm footprint helps you stay in complete control even when shooting on the roughest ground. Manfrotto’s innovative Quick Stack System allows for multiple stands of the same type to be neatly and securely clipped together for storage in the studio and for transportation when working on location, supporting your creativity by ensuring your lighting support is always on hand and you can be set up within moments. Even though this compact lighting stand is lightweight, it’s strong enough to easily carry up to 5kg. This gives you the flexibility to pair this stand with a huge array of your equipment as needed without any worries. The 3-sections couldn’t be easier to control either, thanks to the 2-risers giving you extra control and protection as you work. To add to this list of user-friendly perks this stand features a 5/8” spigot with a 3/8” thread and includes a removable 1/4\" adapter, so pairing it up with numerous photography accessories is easy and straightforward, Perfect for supporting led lights, flash and strobe lights for photography and video lighting.