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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: df on April 25, 2015, 09:57:13 PM

Title: Cheap Walmart Umbrella
Post by: df on April 25, 2015, 09:57:13 PM

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Ozark-Trail-Outdoor-Chair-Umbrella-Attachment/34109011

I saw these at Walmart in Live Oak, FL last week and bought two.  (though I left one in the field Friday night)  $6 and they get the job done.  the clamp is the right size just about any mic stand.

Title: Re: Cheap Walmart Umbrella
Post by: flipp on April 26, 2015, 12:01:58 PM

I've been using one for years. I hope the clamp is improved as it was the weakest part of the setup. I discarded the bottom  flexible portion with the clamp and put the top portion in a Windtech "C" clamp after taking the stud out of the clamp. The little spring clip on the umbrella shaft snapped into the hole and then use the set-screw to tighten the shaft in the clamp. Much more solid than the flimsy easily breakable plastic clamp that comes with the chairbrella