If you gig outside or inside your guitar is protected from accidental bumping and falling.

Moreover, and the only real negative: the plastic Auto Grab parts seem the most likely to break, especially as the little arms bump and get caught on things when transporting the stand.

No bumping will knock the guitar down.

When your guitar head / neck is placed in the stand, the weight of your guitar (the head is held by the padded "U") causes 2 small arms to swing up and secure your guitar from falling out due to accidental bumps.

Very happy with this stand, it holds my Spector 5 string and my Fender Big Block P-Bass like a new born baby