Tama Quick Set Cymbal Mate 4-Pack

These are simply the best-designed cymbal wing-nuts for the price. These are lightweight, reliable, durable, and easy to use. I have not had any issues with them falling off, nor have I had any problems with them not fitting the (mostly standard) M8 threads atop my Yamaha booms. These also don't rattle, nor do they move themselves up or down on the threads while I am playing.After seeing "Standup for Drummers" by Fred Armisen I could not stop thinking about the aggregate amount of time I have spent spinning little wingnuts on the tops of cymbal stands, occasionally dropping them, and trying to figure out where they went on a dark stage over decades of drumming. Maybe it's just me, but I have never felt great about standing there spinning little wing-nuts when the clock is ticking during a changeover. I decided to finally order these, and have installed them on my show kit's four cymbal stands.Granted, because these are black, they would be harder to find on a dark stage when compared to a chrome wingnut, but I feel like I am less likely to drop the Tama nut because I already have a good grip on them when they come off the stand. (I think Tama also makes brightly-colored variants.)You might be thinking these are a waste of money because "how long does it really take to unscrew a few cymbals?" Consider that you take them off and put them back on two times each per show, and (depending on how many cymbals you have) it could be a couple of minutes on each end; those couple of extra minutes could be the difference between you dialing-in your monitor mix, or playing-through an extra section at sound-check!Metal wingnuts can also rattle, and can sometimes move up or down during play. These Tama nuts don't move, and -- if you want to adjust the tension of your stack, or adjust sound/movement of your cymbal -- you can push the buttons in and move the nut up/down, or you can just turn it like a regular wingnut for fine-tuning the tension.Just try these, and you won't want to go back to regular wingnuts.

Work well, way quicker and easier than traditional cymbal stand nuts

Very convenient and make set up and tear down go much quicker when gigging. I tend to bash my crashes pretty hard and these little guys have held up great and never back off.

These work great and stay in place onTama and Pearl stands but will pop off on Yamaha stands.

I tried these, the Dixon EZ Cymbal Quick Release, and the DW QR wing nuts. These were my favorite of the three and also the cheapest. The DW looks nicer and the integrated felt is really nice, but they require threads all the way to the end of the stand, which my hardware doesn't have.The only reason I took away a star was that if you really wail on your cymbals and have these things set pretty tight, they may bump up by about a thread, but then they'll stay put there. It's probably worth noting that I'm using these with Roland electronic cymbals (these are M8 and not compatible with stock M6 Roland arms - had to change arms), which use a metal rotation stopper instead of a bottom felt, so I suspect you could get away setting them tighter on an acoustic cymbal without any slippage.

Save time setting up and braking down.

These are super convenient if you swap cymbals like I do. When the drummer in your band cracks your second cymbal, maybe you'll want to ask him to start bringing his own, at which point these will come in handy for you too.

I am curious about the negative reviews regarding these flying off. I have them on three different drum sets and five different types of stands. Yamaha, Tama, Gibraltar, Crush, and CDP. I frequently trade cymbals around the sets as the drums are retuned and as when there are gigs, depending on the type of venue - different cymbals and setting up and tearing down. After five years I haven't encountered this issue at all. They are simple, easy to use, make for fast changes, and don't detract from the cosmetics of the drums. Maybe our styles of playing are greatly different. I would recommend these as wing nut replacements and also keep a few spares, not because of breakage or loss, but because I can lay them down and walk off...Duh!