Okay so I read up that the cheap $25 and lower microphone stand don't last for long (adjustment screws strip, boom sags). So are there any that don't have this problem under $40 per stand? Prefer closer to $30 per stand if that is possible. Let me know.
Links and/or names are appreciated.
Thanks.

The outline:

Little by little, I'm discarding some of my more budget brands of mic stands and replacing them.

I own one Hercules stand (tall boom), and two Atlas booms.
The eazy adjustment of the Hercules is nice, as is the Atlas counterweight for my 414s, Bluebird, and other heavy/oversized mics.

So one thing that I'd like to be able to do is have a mic stand on my desktop whose base is a few feet away from my sitting position with a boom that extends all the way toward me for singing and maybe another one for a stereo mic stand. This would be convenient for practicing and reviewing practice, or maybe for making youtube videos or something.

Hi all,

Last week I've been reading through all the posts in this forum (again)
Loads of knowledge, great. And some practical tips too. It keeps amazing me.

I may have come across a real gem!

I read some threads on here about boom mic stands and it seemed that there weren't a lot of great ones. except of course for the one that is being produced by a member here on the boards ;)