Looking for portable background & stand

I am looking for a portable background stand setup. I am looking for something affordable. I would like to be able to use muslin or paper on it.
I take a lot of pictures of kids. But I would like the oppinion on how wide I should go. I am thinking the wider the better?

Does anyone use the small portable white/black background setups for head shots?

I see lots of posts with setups but sometimes the background stands are left of the list of equipment.

Any help would be appreciated!!!

I have a stand that is similar to the attached image. It will take up to 12' wide and is variable length if you want. I have some muslin 10X24 backgrounds and it works great for that.

I think I paid somewhere around 60.00CAD for the stand itself. It is marketed under the name of Tristar here and is handled by Booth Photographic

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I use a JTL background stand. http://www.jtl-lighting.com …op-stands-background.html

Thanks Sheldon, Henrys sells Tristar for like $200. I have not found anything more reasonably priced. Is this paying too much?

I can't remember where I got mine. It might have even been on one of my trips to the US. I know for a fact it wasn't anywhere near 200.00. I've always found Henry's to be a ripoff but that is my personal opinion (so as not to slight those that like them).

I would think that you should be able to find it allot less.

The JTL 9' wide is $149 12' $169 20' $209.

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The Photek that Louis linked to (second link) is a great stand. I have used it on site assisting before and will be getting one myself, its easy to use and really easily portable. I highly recommend it.

www.calumetphoto.com

they have a normal and heavy dty version. I have the HD and its great. 2 light stands, 12' pole and carry bag for $100-140