Very useful stand for laptops and not only. I needed something to put next to my small recording rig to have a laptop nearby for recording midi tracks and doing various notes but since then I'm using it for many other things. It can hold a small mixer, various accessories or sound modules, guitar picks :) and so on. I think it can hold up to maybe 3 or 4 kg but be aware that it will flex more depending on how much weight you put on it. It has a sturdy construction and you can vary it's height so you can sit on a chair or stand up right and still use it. If I really want to find some cons to this product, then maybe the fact that it does not have a dampening measure such as a coiled spring inside the column to break the the fall of the upper section in case the grip fails would be one and maybe the flexing nature which gives the impression of instability (but it's one vertical pole sticking up in the air, what can you ask more from it?). The price point at which I bought it is a very good one, I recommend it.