What is the most common and the most cost effective brand of hi hat supports? I saw a few as much as $450.00 without the flat base! That's as much as as decent set of Bogen legs and 501 head combined.

I've used the Mitchell Hi-hat quite a lot over the years. It runs about $170.
Check out "Film Tools". If you need one with ball head, they have that too.

http://store.yahoo.com/cinemasupplies/bad3keymithi.html

Dan
www.DVcameraRigs.com

Filmtools, also good ole B&H has a selection. Search their site, "Hi-Hats" turns up all of them. You can probably make your own board to mount it on.

I've got a Miller that's handy because the legs move, so you can adjust it to get an inch or two lower, if need be. But it pretty much lives on the board.

Thanks fellers.