Best reasonable priced stand for a 120cm Octobox?

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I bought a 120cm Octobox earlier this year which works great, however when mounted on any of my lights it's very front heavy obviously and my el cheapo Ebay special stands are struggling a bit. They're a bit wobbly at best with the Octobox fitted (fine for all my other lights and modifiers). Not had one fall over with it on "yet" but I can see it happening and the encapsulated top fitting of the stand is looking like it's struggling with the weight and may even pop out if it's stressed much more.

Anyone using a 120cm Octobox on a studio head they'd recommend that's not insanely expensive?
 
Sorry @Sharky I missed the reply when I was on at the weekend, my apologies. I've had a look and the connector at the top of those stands you've linked to certainly looks a bit more robust (looks like it's riveted in too where the ones I have are just crimped in). Biggest issue beyond that is how stable it would be as the 120cm octo on a studio strobe sticks out a long way and is damned heavy making it rather top heavy lol

I do have a couple of hooked sandbags (although never got round to actually filling them with anything and using them) so will give those a go on my current setup and see how much difference it makes before pulling the trigger on a new stand (although that's going to have to happen too as I'm worried about the top mount pulling out).
 
Sandbags or similar are a must, a good option is to fill them with budget supermarket rice or salt as they conveniently comes bagged in nice weights (1kg, 1.5kg and 2kg) depending what size bags you need to fill :). Less messy than some alternatives.
 
Ian-Highlander said:
Interestingly that was the other option I was looking at as I used to run a mobile disco and still have speaker stands etc. I did find an adaptor plate that would convert it to a pin fitting for lights, but wasn't sure how well it would work.
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I've got a couple of those, where did you see the adaptor please
 
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