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That's where it holds steadiest. Hard, flat surfaces are exactly what the wide base and the fin grip are built for — no soft give to compensate for, just a footprint that plants and fins that hold the bottom inch.
Keep it off the console and near the mic instead. The base holds the drink steady on the desk or a rack top, close enough to reach between takes without parking it where a fader slot can catch it.
Yes. The Stanley-style base lands right in the 2 to 3 inch range this base is built for.
That's the one shape it can't take. The base fits the square, but the handle sits exactly where a fin needs to close — a handle-less travel cup solves it if the tea's staying in for the session.
No — that's the difference. Clamp-on stand holders only fit a narrow band of tube diameters and wobble unless they're shimmed; this sits on any flat surface nearby instead, so it isn't tied to a stand size at all.
Yes, and that's the point. It doesn't need a table — it sits directly on the booth floor, a rack top, or the corner of the desk, wherever there's a few flat inches to spare.
The fin grip is built for exactly that — a vibrating cabinet is a milder shake than a bumped elbow, and the base settles the drink back level instead of letting it wander toward the edge.
Rinse it or run it through the dishwasher. It's one piece of flexible material with nothing built in to trap coffee residue.
It's called the Steadi, molded in small runs in Orange, California by Steadi Labs — veteran-founded and patent pending. Every order ships free from steadilabs.com, with 30 days to change your mind.
No. Nothing about it mounts to a specific stand, desk, or console, so there's nothing to re-fit at a second location. Carry it in a bag or a drawer the way you'd carry a mouse, and it sits flat on whatever's nearest — the booth floor, a rack top, or someone else's console.
No. It's one piece of molded flexible material with no moving parts — no spring, no clasp, nothing to click or buzz — so it doesn't add anything for a live mic to pick up, even set down close to it.
It comes out the same as a fresh spill would. There's no seam or slot for dried residue to collect in the way a console's fader slots do — a rinse or a dishwasher cycle clears it, even after it's had time to dry on.
No. The fins grip the outside of whatever's set into them, not what's inside it, so a handle-less travel cup fresh off the kettle and a can pulled from a cooler get the same hold either way.
It's one piece of molded flexible material with nothing mechanical to loosen — no spring tension like a mic-stand clamp's, which needs reshimming as it wears, and no seal to dry out. There's nothing built into it to wear down with regular use.
Yes — it solves a problem almost every studio, booth, and home rig has quietly worked around for as long as it's existed, with no setup and nothing to match to someone else's mic stand or desk. It ships free, molded in small runs in Orange, California, with 30 days for them to decide it earns a spot near the mic.
That's the fix most studios land on, and the standing complaint about it is real: keeping the drink away from the gear also keeps it out of reach, so it gets one sip and drifts back toward the console between takes anyway — and a booth with roughly three feet ten inches of interior often has no floor space for a table to begin with. This sits directly on the desk, the rack top, or the booth floor, so there's no out-of-reach table for the drink to migrate away from in the first place.
No — the fins close fully around the base instead of leaving an open ring. A slim 12 oz energy-drink can, the 'sleek' format some brands use, runs about 2.25 inches at the base, and a standard 12 or 16 oz can runs about 2.6 inches — both sit well inside the fins' full grip rather than balanced across a gap.
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