My best friend had one of these. I saw it and was drawn to its sleek appearance. It's lightweight: much lighter than virtually any other trumpet stand I've seen. It's compact and easily rests inside the bell of the trumpet when I'm not using it. I appreciate the low profile and solid construction. It holds the horn securely with little risk of tipping.

This is a very versatile and protective stand. It can fit a trumpet or flugel without any damage to the bell. I have a second one (left in photo) that I modified to fit piccolo and smaller belled horns as well. All you have to do is replace the yellow top with something more narrow. The stand also assembles and stores in the bell easily, and with the protective pouch it won’t cause any bell damage.

I've owned this little stand for the past 6 months and I love it. I play in a community band and with hauling my horn, music stand, and music folder to rehearsals and gigs, I wanted a sturdy stand that was small enough to fit in my horn case. It's slightly smaller than a straight mute when folded so it takes up little room in my case. It's easy to assemble - unfold the legs and pull the stem up and screw it in place. The legs are rubber covered metal, the base is covered with velvet, the stem is sturdy plasic, and the ball is rubber. I use the velvet storage bag as a sock over the top of the stand for extra protection of the horn's finish. The one thing I would advise against is storing the stand in the bell. You don't want to risk denting the horn. This is really a great little stand.

Great trumpet stand. Has a good distance off of the floor and great cushion for the bell. It is very sturdy and compact. The stand does fit inside the bell, a little hard to get out if you don’t put it in the storage bag first. I wish the storage bag that it came with was made of better material, but I’m very picky, it’s a fine bag Lol.

I bought this to replaced my aged one. Sturdiness gets a 4 star rating because I know the rubber feet will come off eventually. These stands (unlike the other popular ones with initials) fit both my C and Bb trumpets (the C would get stuck on the other brand). Make sure you put the bag on top of the rubber ball before you stand the trumpet on it - the black material of the base will eventually rub and transfer onto your bell.

I really wanted to like this Hercules trumpet stand, because I like the fact that the slender peg on it that makes it possible (after removing the yellow rubber ball on it) to use this stand to hold smaller-bell trumpets, such as Eb/D trumpets, piccolo trumpets, and (mostly vintage) Bb trumpets that have smaller than average bell flares.BUT....This trumpet stand contains components that are made out of rubber, and rubber should never be placed anywhere near a musical instrument. If rubber comes into contact with metal, it reacts with it, causing all metals used to make instrument from to corrode, and if it rubber comes into contact with plastic long enough, it will melt the plastic. Rubber gives off a corrosive gas (a gas that is highly chemically reactive) and this gas causes metals to tarnish and corrode, even if the rubber is not even touching the instrument, but is nearby. For the same reason, you should also never put a rubber band on an instrument.I have a fellow professional trumpet player friend who bought Hercules stands for both his trumpet and his flugelhorn (back when Hercules first started making these stands), and in addition to using these stands at band rehearsals and performances, he also wanted to leave the stands out all the time in his home practice studio (practice room) just like he had done with his old instrument stands, so that he could walk by them at any time during the day and pick them up to practice and play on. Well, he left the instruments on the stands like this for the first week that he owned the new Hercules stands, and after only one week on the stands, both of his silver-plated professional-quality instruments had turned completely black from deep tarnish and corrosion that the gasses from the rubber had emitted.My friend tried polishing the tarnish off using lots of good-quality silver polish and a lot of elbow grease and effort, but the black tarnish was so deep on the instruments that he was never able to get it completely off of the instruments. With a lot of work, his formerly silver-colored instruments were now light-black or gray colored, and lacking the shine and beauty that they had before. My friend has since bought new instruments that he liked better anyway, so now that permanent tarnish on the horns is somebody else's problem (I hope they got a good deal on them when he sold them!)If you buy this stand, consider it to be a "fixer-upper project," because (for the sake of protecting your instrument) you will need to replace all of the rubber parts with silicone or felt. I happened to already have some black silicone end caps that were the right size to put at the top of the peg to replace the yellow rubber ball with, but now I will need to measure the width of the legs of this stand and then order some black silicone tubing to put on the legs (to replace the original rubber tubing with) and will need to find some black silicone end caps of the correct inner diameter to put on the ends of the stand's legs. On second thought, it might just be easier to just buy a new, different trumpet stand to replace it with.I also own some 5-legged K&M trumpet stands (and other brands with similar designs, such as the Eastrock 5-legged trumpet stand), and those are great (much better than the Hercules stand for Bb and C trumpets, and they require no immediate repairs and replacement of parts, as the Hercules trumpet stand does. I'm also very interested in trying the two-piece ABS plastic stands, such as this one sold by Amazon this is made by Cheerock: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CDV2T3J1/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=AM80OG0FYM7CT&psc=1 The Cheerock stand doesn't fit inside a trumpet bell (I have no use for that function myself anyway), but it folds flat (taking up very little room), and most important to me, it is very light weight. I also think that I can easily sand down the top edges of the Cheerock trumpet stand a bit so that my smaller bell trumpets (Eb/D trumpet, piccolo trumpet, etc.) will fit on it, assuming that they won't fit it new and right out of the box. I'll let you know how I like those on that stand's review thread (after I buy one.)

I've had a few of these stands. The yellow rubber ball on the stem is fragile and can easily be twisted off and ripped while trying to screw or unscrew the stand. Other than that, this stand is great. I don't suggest storing in the bell if you have a larger bell (5 inches or more), especially with a wide flare. The stand could still damage the bell if stored inside a very large bell flare or larger bell.

I have tried many stands such as clarinet stands to try to support my piccolo trumpet. Pictured are the two bells and the discrepancy in size, although weight of the instruments similar. I saw this stand and got the idea I could modify rubber ball to fit inside the piccolo bell. As pictured it works perfectly. 5 minutes gently on grinding wheel. It actually now can be used for both as I interchange instruments doing performance.