Peastrex iPad Holder for Mic Stands: A Lighter Alternative to a Music Stand

This is the English edition of a review from my Japanese YouTube channel, iestaLife. I review gadgets from my home studio in Japan, so product links go to Amazon Japan.

Quick take

If your sheet music already lives on an iPad, the Peastrex tablet holder lets you clamp that iPad straight onto a microphone stand and leave the music stand at home. It is lighter and far more compact than my folding music stand, and it grips the iPad more securely. The catch: the clamp needs a pole of roughly 2 cm in diameter, and the holder can only sit in front of (or beside) the mic stand.

11-inch iPad Air held in the Peastrex mic stand holder — An 11-inch iPad Air in the Peastrex holder

What I tested

Peastrex iPad holder for microphone stands (rated for 4–13.5-inch phones and tablets, 3.5 kg load)
11-inch iPad Air, plus an iPhone in portrait
My own mic stand, which is thick at the bottom and about 15 mm thick near the top
For comparison: the lightweight aluminium folding music stand I already own

Opening the Peastrex holder arms to fit an iPad — A button unlocks the second arm so it can open wider

What I found

Assembly is just slotting the holder onto the ball joint and tightening it. Parts that take load are metal, and it doesn’t feel cheap.
A button releases the second arm, which then ratchets open along a notched track. At full width the 11-inch iPad Air was slightly loose, so I closed it a little before clamping.
The ball joint lets you tilt and rotate the tablet, and an iPhone fits in portrait.
On the thick lower part of my stand the clamp held firmly. On the ~15 mm upper section it never fully tightened — nothing fell, but it felt loose, and angled sections were a bit unstable. Wrapping rubber around the pole would probably help.
The product photos show it clamped right below the mic, but many stands are thinner there, so check your pole first.
It mounts in front of the stand, so the screen can end up close to your face. Mounting it to the side of the stand gave me a more comfortable distance.
On my scale the holder weighed 307 g, versus about 430 g for my folding music stand — and it packs much smaller, small enough that it could probably go in a guitar case.

Peastrex holder mounted on a microphone stand — Mounted on my mic stand

	Peastrex iPad holder	Folding music stand (mine)
Weight (measured)	307 g	about 430 g
Packed size	Small, and smaller still when taken apart	Bulky
Holding an iPad	Clamped firmly	Feels a little precarious
Placement	In front of or beside the mic stand	Anywhere, including behind the mic stand

Who it’s for

Musicians and singers who read scores or lyrics from an iPad at a mic stand, and streamers who want a script on a tablet without another stand on the floor. It is less suited to stands with thin poles, or to anyone who wants to put the screen at an exact distance — a music stand still does that better.

Watch the video

【iPadユーザーの必需品？！】マイクスタンドにiPadを固定！演奏・配信に最適なタブレットホルダー

The video is in Japanese. Useful moments: around 2:50 fitting the iPad, 3:30 the loose fit on a thin pole, 8:00 the weight comparison with my music stand.

Limitations

I tested one mic stand and one folding music stand of my own; this is not a durability test. The price I mentioned was about ¥2,600 on Amazon Japan at the time of recording.

Products

Peastrex iPad holder for mic stands: on Amazon Japan

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