This is a heavy and sturdy (so far) microphone boom that comes with a heavy 10 lb base (with rubber padding at the bottom) that keeps it stable on your desk.
The boom arm can extend out as much as 27.5" from the central pole. However, the 2.5lb counterbalancing weight was not enough to counter balance my Rode NT-USB microphone with the arm extended out 18", so I ended up adding some ring weights - a total of four 1.25lb weights - these take up 2.5" on the counterbalancing side of the boom. You just unscrew the 2.5lb weight on that end and slip in the ring weights and screw the counterweight back on and push the counterbalancing end all the way to the center pole and lock it down in that position.
The weights:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08JTX6NCJ/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza?th=1
A little bit of E-6000 glue (same stuff as Shoe Goo) helps keep the weights from slipping and sliding around.
The Rode microphone originally came with a mount and a tripod, but somewhere along the way I had taken that off and lost it, so I needed a simple microphone mount since this Gator boom doesn't come with any microphone mounts. I ended up getting this one by HANXIANGZI because it was the cheapest one I could find on Amazon that was made of metal:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BN4TMJ/ref=dp_iou_view_item?ie=UTF8&th=1
It was a tight fit, but I was able to get this mount to work.
So far so good. I now have the microphone exactly like I want it and can just swing the whole thing in and out and up and down with no problems.
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