Hi all. This is Mike Rafferty, founder of KVgear. The stands in that image look an awful lot like ones we’ve been selling for years. The dimensions are almost identical. The layout, number of components, manufacturing methods, and method of assembly are identical. Some of the phrases in their product descriptions are suspiciously similar to ours. And the way they composed their product photos is more than a little similar to ours.
But there are differences between KVgear and the knockoffs. When I designed my stands years ago, I was tempted to copy existing stands. But I resisted the urge and instead went to work creating my own unique designs. Although my designs look simple, it took a lot of time, effort and money to come up with stands that are sized correctly, perform well, can be economically manufactured, and are easy to ship and transport. Another difference is that KVgear stands are 100% made in the USA by us, and we treat our workers very well. We don’t sweat in our shop.
I don’t want to violate the terms of membership here, so I’m not going to provide links to my site. If you want to support innovation, integrity, fair treatment of workers and good environmental practices, please consider buying KVgear stands instead of the knockoffs.
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