I’ve been after a free standing wheel truing stand for a while but can’t make up my mind what to buy.

Minoura or m-wave look to be good value for money.
Anything else I should be looking at?

This may be worth a look

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Unior-URT319-Wheel-Truing-Stand/dp/B004XVQE20

I saw that one but it’s way too basic.
I need proper vertical and horizontal markers or I may as well continue
to use tip ties and my frame 🙂

The unior will do what you ask … Just not all at once 🙂

The mwave looks good the minoura looks poor.

I made mine using the wheel pro book, cost me next to nought

After 8 years of using the Park Pro Park Pro one at Halfords I built my own one using the Wheel Pro book. Wheel Pro Wheel Jig IMO the Wheel Pro one is better – partly becuase it’s more solidly built than the Park one, but also becuase it’s much easier to have the freely moving guides, rather than having to adjust constantly:
Guides.

I usually go for park tools but neither of their stands really offer what I’m looking for.

The wheel pro stand isn’t an option. if I’m honest I just can’t be bothered to build one.

I have to be able to use horizontal and vertical incense to use at the same time.

I have the tacx bench mount one my self at home.

It does all i can ask of it really but im nolonger building for money just fun it does horizontal and vertical. Looks flimsy but actually holds steady . After 8 years as a professional mechanic. I dont rate the park pro much either , my favorite was a really old cast unior one we inherited from a retiring fella – from way back when unior made tools you wanted.