We use tripod bases as opposed to round heavy bases. If you are getting a boom, be sure it extends long enough and has some real weight in the far-from-you end. The cheap ones are too short boom-wise and the knobs are difficult-- we have one that you have to tighten so far, to prevent boom sag, that you need a pair of pliers to loosen it again. You can add weight to these BTW, by putting in some BBs in a paper roll (like you would use for dimes) and stuffing in something to keep it from shifting and making highly entertaining noises.

A boom on a tripod will fold up and carry better than a gooseneck. On the stand itself, there is an adjustment knob that lets you run the lower part of the stand through the slide ring of the tripod, so that the lower end of that upright part is down at the same length as the folded legs-- shortens it all by about 18".

I don't like the clip on one of ours, because the mic we use in it is kinda slick, and it slips-- easily fixed by wrapping the mic with cloth medical tape and a layer of electrical tape to make it all black and spiffy looking.

~Susan