I'd say I've had the product for about a year now, and after only a couple months of using it the springs inside started making a loud squeak while adjusting the arm

Suddenly, the arm started making this awful squeaking noise

When I loved the NEEWER arm around, it made awful squeaks, pops and you could hear in the recording/microphone that the boom arm was being moved

Terrible squeaking from first use

My new Guitar Center version doesn't have any of the incessant squeaking and only very minimal "grinding" -- totally acceptable

When I loved the NEEWER arm around, it made awful squeaks, pops and you could hear in the recording/microphone that the boom arm was being moved

I have had this product for over a year now and it seems to have held up great other than the fact that when I move the boom, it occasionally creates an annoying squeaking sound that I would not expect from such a highly praised product (the squeak is not due to over-use, it happened from the day it came out of the box.

That works as it is intended to do so.

Might also help vibrations as

I was stoked to finally get away from a standard mic stand; and it worked exactly as I'd hoped for the first several weeks with a Behringer C-1.

Works as it should and has a great reach over my cluttered desk!

This arm works as it is supposed to and is a must have for adding a mic to your computer setup