I need my bass and guitar stands to be stable, easy to carry and, if possible, small enough to fit in one of my gigbags. To be honest, this one is only rather light at 1.4 kg and only rather compact at 54 cm. There are even smaller stands out there, but the K&M 17670 is one of the most robust I've seen and, above all, it caters for all my irregularly shaped basses with ease. I always feel safe with one of these (I bought two) in my gigbag.