as long as it is not a huge footprint I can work with it.
Yeah, thats just to give you an idea. It can go anywhere from 12" (wouldn't recommend) to almost 3 ft (totally sturdy). Just fair warning though it is pretty light weight. I only use it when I'm taping by myself since everyone else has beefy stands I can clamp to, and wouldn't really trust it around 7' and up with more than two or so pairs of SDCs. But as always YMMV.
Its a decent manfratto knockoff.