Lightning
This lightweight portable banner stand is a good all-around tension-back banner stand model that is one of our least expensive. Portable banner stands are light weight with no moving parts, so while they're not as quick and easy to setup and take down as retractable banner stands, their simple design means there is almost nothing that can break in transit. The Lightning's low price and high quality make it an excellent value. It features snap-lock graphic rails to securely hold your banner while still making it fast and simple to change the graphic.
The anodized silver finish gives it an upscale look, and its simple design means setup is quick and easy. The Lightning makes very popular trade show banner displays, and holds a graphic of 31" x 78".
Includes lightweight carry bag.
See the Pricing tab below for prices and descriptions of the different banner material options available for this stand. The Specifications tab shows details and specs, instructions, and graphic templates. The Accessories tab shows the available accessories for this stand such as lights and shipping cases, and the How to Order tab has detailed instructions for completing the Order Form.
Be sure to visit our Portable Banner Stands page to see all our other portable banner display options.
You can also view the Model Comparison Chart for portable banner stands to see how all the different models compare.
You may also want to view our selection of Retractable Banner Stands, for models that even quicker and easier to setup and take down.
Pricing
Lightning, display only - no graphic,
Lightning, with full height Economy Banner: Smooth Blockout Vinyl,
Lightning, with full height Standard Banner: Curl Free Banner,
Lightning, with full height Fabric Banner: Blockout Polyester,
Lightning, with full height Premium Banner: Tradeshow Banner,
Banner Material Choices
Economy Banner: Smooth blockout banner is a completely opaque vinyl with a low gloss finish and a slight fabric texture. It produces sharp, vivid images and is waterproof, tearproof, fade resistant and very durable. While considered a curl free material, it doesn't hang quite as flat as our more expensive options, but overall it's an excellent option at a great price.
Standard Banner: Curl Free Fire Retardant banner has the beautiful upscale look of fabric, excellent color reproduction, a low glare finish and it is specially engineered to hang flat without curling at the edges, even with heavy ink coverage. It's waterproof, tearproof, fade resistant and of all the banner options available, this one hangs the flattest. As it is fire retardant, with an NFPA 701 rating, it's excellent for display in public buildings such as museums, theaters, and other locations with strict fire codes. This is our most popular material.
Fabric Banner: Blockout Polyester is a heavy 100% polyester fabric that is woven so tightly that it's completely opaque so light from behind can't cast shadows on the graphic. It's waterpoof, tearproof, fade resistant and offers sharp printing with brilliant colors. This material is printed with water-based latex inks for an extremely eco-friendly solution that hangs very flat and looks great.
Premium Banner: Tradeshow Banner is printed on an opaque polyester film and laminated with a polycarbonate laminate for a 10 mil thick finished banner. It is the ultimate in image quality, will hang flat without curling at the edges, is the most scuff and scratch resistant product available, and has a classic low gloss polycarbonate textured finish that is the standard for tradeshow graphics. It's fade resistant, tear resistant, and waterproof. This product is also very environmentally friendly being printed with water based inks and containing no PVC.
We have many other banner materials available, but these are our most popular choices. If you would like to consider another banner material, please contact us and we'll price other options for you.
The graphic templates are available in pdf and eps formats. Click their icons to download them. If you don't have a pdf viewing application, you can get Acrobat Reader free by clicking on the following link.
EPS files are in Adobe Illustrator format and can be used in most page layout programs.
Lightning Specifications
Banner width: 31"
Banner height: 78”
Footprint:
31.625"x20.125"
Shipping size: 34”x6"x6"
Shipping weight, stand only: 7 lbs
Shipping weight, with banner: 9 lbs
Instructions
Graphic Template
We recommend the following accessory items to go with the Lightning:
The Lumina 2 banner stand spotlight is the recommended model for this stand, although all our Lumina lights will work. Details on this light can be found on the Banner Stand Lighting page.
The Expand Brochure Pocket is a durable, transparent literature holder that can be attached to our retractable and non-retractable displays as well as the Expand PodiumCase. The Expand BrochurePocket comes with a holder, a super magnet and a bracket (for attaching to the Podium Case top). Simply attach the pocket to a graphic panel with the supplied super magnets or screw the included bracket to the holes on the underside of the wooden Podium Case top.
