A 40″ C-stand — short for century stand — supplied as a complete kit: the stand, a 2.5″ grip head and a 40″ grip arm. Between them they hold flags, silks, reflectors and small lights wherever a plain stand cannot reach.

The turtle base is a quick-release base: the legs detach from the column, so the stand breaks down flat and travels in a fraction of the space a fixed-base C-stand takes. The base also carries a 28mm junior receiver, so on its own it works as a low stand — drop a junior-spigot fixture straight into it for floor-level work.

The 40″ grip arm is 16mm (5/8″) steel tube, machined to a deliberately rough finish so a grip head bites rather than slips, and it ends in a faceted hex stud that stops a fixture rotating once it is out on the arm.

The 2.5″ grip head is a pair of rotating aluminium discs on a 16mm (5/8″) receiver. Four V-shaped jaws take 5/8″, 1/2″, 3/8″ or 1/4″ studs and tubing, with teeth that hold whatever sits between the plates. An oversized T-handle running on roller bearings gives you the torque to lock it properly.

Key Specifications

• Maximum height 2.96 m
• Minimum height 1.34 m
• Folded length 1.34 m
• Maximum load 10 kg
• Quick-release turtle base, detaches from the column
• 28mm (1-1/8″) junior receiver in the base, for use as a low stand
• Two risers, three sections — 35mm, 30mm, 25mm
• Footprint 95 cm
• Includes 2.5″ grip head (KCP-200) and 40″ grip arm (KCP-241) with 16mm (5/8″) hex stud
• Grip head jaws take 5/8″, 1/2″, 3/8″ and 1/4″ studs and tubing
• Chrome-plated steel
• Weight 9.75 kg

Product Video

For a stand that levels itself on stairs or a slope, and reaches 3.25m, see the CS-40MK sliding leg version.