Broke within a month if purchase after many issues with overly powerful springs

The springs that balance the position of the arm are SO INCREDIBLY STRONG that it is a physical impossibility for me to tighten down the brackets to create enough friction to create a stable, neutral configuration that holds the mic in place.

I have been wanting to replace my crappy spring arm boom with something like this for some time, but the price point was beyond my means... until now

Spring is garbage

The main problem with the Compass is that the springs are too strong, and there is not a way for me to get the correct tension.

I'm so disappointed to report that I'm yet another person who found the spring just way too strong

I would like the product if it worked, the springs in the elbow are too strong and I cannot physically tighten it so it will stay in place so it slowly straightens itself from the "elbow" joint

However, the springs they use are ridiculously strong.

The videos you see of other peoples booms falling is because they aren’t strong enough to turn the locking mechanism fully because the spring is strong

Spring broke after little use

Sturdy springs and construction

No spring noise or squeaks from adjusting the mic location

There is a tension screw on the bottom (next to the pivot rod) of the arms base that allows for spring tension adjustment

Even mounted to the desk, the springs were strong enough to wrench it off the side

The springs inside the tensioners are so damn difficult to turn and they don’t work properly!!

Why does a $100 boom arm have to have such a strong spring

with a very strong spring it's like a heavy weight fight to get it to stay in position

The rest 200+ critical reviews here are correct: the spring is too strong

The (internal) springs are STRONG making the elbow tension screws quite hard to use

The only adjustable spring is in the base.

I thought maybe I just have to keep working the springs to loosen the tension.

The springs in the arm are a little finicky, but I was able to get them set up in a way that works

This was a MISTAKE.Regardless of how much I fiddled with the tension screw in any direction, even accidentally removing it at one point, it did not resolve the fact that the spring on this thing is just way too strong

Despite that, the springs are so faulty that they snap the arm back into the inverted position no matter how tight

This boom arm uses ridiculously strong internal springs in the arm

The spring they used is way too strong and there is no way to tension the thing to actually stay where you want it

The springs are probably strong enough to lift my car

so you don't see the springs was also good, not sure if I got a faulty one because other people left really good reviews

The springs that balance the position of the arm are SO INCREDIBLY STRONG that it is a physical impossibility to tighten down the brackets

Wrong, thing springs

I have loosened the screw to the point where the screw was about to come out and the springs are still so strong to the point where they don't hold the position I want it to

Nice quality build, no spring I love it!

When you first un-box the thing you will notice that the spring is very strong

Most negative reviews are due to a strong spring tension but that can be adjusted via a design feature on the arms base.

But the problem is the springs are too strong and you can’t place the microphone in certain positions without it springing back up

Looks great too, no open springs or anything

The spring within the hinge was too strong and would always go back to the natural location

The material felt cheaper than I wanted it toThe springs are FANTASTIC on this

The springs are way too strong

There are springs in the arms, I assume to keep tension tight, the problem is, the springs are so stiff that the lock screws do not hold.

Yes, the spring is very stiff

The springs on this boom arm are so strong that they don't hold the mic in place

It seems that in every positive review the spring in the arm is much looser: it literally takes two or three turns of the middle joint to make it stay in place with almost no weight attached

Out of the box the product looked promising felt great and appeared to be made out of quality materials however, upon installing my Hyper X Quadcast S which is not a very heavy