4 Wire ties and an old laptop bag shoulder strap, or some such strap is all you need to make it a LOT easier to carry your tripod,monopod or a light stand with you when you're out shooting.
A few years ago I saw an article on drilling holes in your light stand and putting rings in those holes to attach a shoulder strap for easy carrying. I'm sure that would work for many types of light stands, and would have for one of mine, but I didn't want to drill holes in it nevertheless.
Beside drilling holes in my equipment, that solution would be irritatingly noise with the metal rings clanging against the metal legs of the stand. So I used the solution pictured above. 4 wire ties. No damage to my light stand and no metal on metal clanging noise. It worked very well. So well in fact that I soon had the same setup on my tripods.
Just wrap a wire tie around a tripod leg,put another wire tie through that loop before you tighten the first one down all the way. Make your loop in the second one, Tighten the first down as tight as you can get it to keep it from sliding easily. I usually use pliers for that task. Repeat the procedure on the other end of the tripod or light stand, snip the unneeded ends off of all 4 wire ties. Attach your shoulder strap and the job is done. I haven't had very much problem with the wire ties sliding when in use, but if you can't get the tie tight enough to prevent sliding, adding another wire tie around the leg and as close as possible to the first should stop any movement issues.
A quick,convenient and quiet solution that doesn't damage your equipment and lets it function as it normally would.
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