Having taken Sunshine's excellent as always advice I splashed for an Induro CT414 with BHL3 head. I have the CM34 monopod arriving Tuesday as I've always fancied trying a monopod out too.

Couldn't be happier. Nuff' said.

Anyway, having tried this gear out I can't recommend it enough.

http://www.indurogear.com/

Induro also make a thing called a Hi-Hat in 75mm and 100mm bowl variants. They're extreme table top tripods and they're not terrifically expensive (well as pro gear goes).

Baby Legs, Hi-hats & Bazooka's...

Actually what is depicted is not a "Hi-Hat"...it is a set of "Baby Legs".
Baby legs are nothing more than a short tripod which one can mount any
head that the tripod will take. The bowl, either 75mm, 100mm or 150mm
is just another way to level the head on a non level surface. 75mm bowls are
used primarily in either stills or very light weight video production whereas
the 100-150mm bowls are the true heavy weights of broadcast TV & film
production.

A Hi-Hat is just a low angle camera support device without (usually) any

way to extend the legs and a fixed 100mm or 150mm bowl attached.

A "bazooka" is another camera support device that is nothing more than
a cylinder that is either of fixed length or extendable length. In the latter case
the tubes are either gas or oil filled. The name "bazooka" comes from the
military anti-tank weapon which these camera support devices bear an
extreme resemblance to.

See the attached pix for clarification...

Standard hi-hat...

Delux hi-hat...

Standard bazooka...

Broadcast TV camera support kit...10K USD!!

Cine & B'Cast TV baby legs....