Sturdy, portable and works well as a shield. The mic can only be mounted from the top, so if you're using a radial-address mic, it will need to be mountable upside-down (in other words, make sure it won't fall out of its shock mount if you do this). The hole can be used to hold an axial-address mic, which it does very nicely, with no need for any other stand or clip to hold it in place.