Welcome to Hypop Hacks where we go through some tips
on how to set up some popular items.
This one here, we've actually got a boom arm setup.
So, I got it on a mini stand here.
That's why I can fit on that table top.
And you've also got the light here at the end.
So, this is the Boling BL-P1.
If you want to see the review on this one, click the link up above.
We've got a boom arm here.
So, boom arm's really great for just adding elevation and height
to a lighting setup or, perhaps, a microphone setup or an audio setup.
Here you can see it's comprised of three parts.
It's got a sandbag, counterweight, you've got the boom arm itself,
and you've also got the light stand bracket.
So, this here is like a mount that mounts to a light stand,
whether it's a small stand like this or a larger stand.
This sandbag here is actually empty.
You're meant to provide your own weight.
Whether that be just some sand, rice, water bottles,
or even just weighted packages, or little bags.
And you can get snap-lock bags and just put them inside.
That way, it's all contained.
There's a little zipper opening in these sandbags.
So, you can actually insert any of the weights that you need to.
At the back here, you've got a little hook.
And there's a little hook mount here.
So, that allows you to hook on to the boom arm, the counterweight.
You pretty much have to balance out whatever's on the other side here.
So, if it's a smaller light, you obviously don't need as much weight.
And you can control all of that with the handle.
It's a short handle who controls the boom arm.
Now, this actual boom arm is great because it extends.
It extends from roughly about 69 centimetres to about 173 centimetres.
So, it is quite long.
So, if you need additional lengths, you can do that.
It's got two sections to extend out to.
So, you can see it does that.
And also, it has a sort of comfort hand grip at the back here
that has grooves for your fingers.
That's great if you've got an assistant that's holding the light for you,
if it's not on a light stand,
that they can also use it as a handheld boom.
So, it's fairly versatile.
So, one quick tip on how to set this all up
because we get this question quite often,
how to line up the boom arm into the swivel mount here.
So, let's take a closer look.
We'll deconstruct all of this into its individual parts
and show you how to do that really quickly.
So, we've broken down all the parts here into their individual components.
You've got the light stand bracket or the swivel here.
You've got the sandbag and also the boom arm.
It looks a lot more complicated than it actually is.
So, firstly, what you need to do is remove the handle completely.
And when you unscrew the handle, there'll be a washer
as well as the actual bracket for the light stand.
So, you can remove that.
There's a little rubber stopper here.
That helps with the movement and the swivel of the actual component.
And you've got one end of the swivel and you've got a long screw bolt,
and also, the other end there.
What you'll notice as soon as you remove one end here
is that there is a little circle cut-out that lines up to the other side.
So, you need to make sure that those two lines up.
And also, when you're looking at the actual swivel here,
you'll see there's a smaller opening here as well as a larger opening.
The actual boom arm itself needs to fit through the small opening.
So, that way, it's tight enough
and when you go to tighten the actual device,
it'll be really secure and it won't slide in the swivel.
I've done that now.
What we need to do is line it up to the opening there.
So, you can see when I put that in,
it's actually lining up to the small opening,
rather than the larger opening there.
And it also lines up the circle cut-outs to both sides.
So, you know that when you tighten that--
right now it's not moving,
but you know that when you're tighten that,
it's actually going to be really secure.
So, then, you basically do everything in reverse.
I've put both sides in, put that rubber seal in,
and we'll also put the light stand bracket,
the washer back, and the handle.
Main points are really to line up these both sides there
to make sure that when you tighten this,
it inserts correctly and tightens to secure.
And, yeah, there you go.
So, you've got the actual boom arm mounted to the swivel.
Most people only do this one time because you can basically
leave that there attached for whenever you need it.
Even if you wanted to use it handheld,
it's not adding any additional weight, really,
to prevent you from using the boom arm.
So, yeah, that's basically how you do it.
Once you have the boom arm and the swivel securely installed and attached,
all that's left is to add your counterweight sandbag.
On the back here, you've got the hook
and you've got the mounting point.
You need to hook that into the end of the arm.
Now, this sandbag has got two sides to it and you can add the counterweight
on either side there, or both sides, if needed.
And lastly is to put it on to a stand.
If you're mounting this to a stand, all you need to do is
loosen the locking knob here.
So, this locking knob is a screw basically and you need to loosen it
so it doesn't obscure or obstruct the way there
for the stand to be mounted.
So, you put that on top and you screw to tighten.
And, yes, as simple as that.
And now, you have full control of the boom arm
to position that into whichever way you desire.