As long as you like the action and spring strength of a high hat stand, you can play with it. I don't need something quadruple-braced with 8" diameter solid adamantium tubing to support a pair of cymbals--my lightweight student model Ludwig stand that I happened across will do just fine, thank you.
I've played on many types--direct drive, Tama lever glide, chain (single and double), Gibraltar strap drive--and guess what? They all do what they're supposed to do: make the top hi hat go up and down. I can understand what the different feels of bass drum pedals do, and the different styles of drives and cams that throw the beater towards the head at different levels of efficiency, but the hi hat pedal *should* be a 1:1 ratio of effort to result, and they all pretty much are, except for those pesky remote hats...