Kids bought me the bowl steady about three years back. Added the spindle on a sunbequent gifting occasion. Spindle is strange to me, in that it's two over one, rather than one over two wheels. A catch wants to climb, I suppose is the reason, but I'm one who cuts as close to the top as possible, and enters the cut top down. Works, but not a big use item.
I use the bowl steady for goblets. I hollow at 9:00, then reverse it after the outside of the container is finished so that it steadies at 3:00. Keeps good hold, and stays out of my way when I'm doing the stem. If you're really long, the spindle would be all right, but it does take up a fair size chunk of spindle.
Had you considered the old bodger's wedged steady? That allows you to make the notched part out of 1/4 or 3/8 UHMW plastic to stay out of the way and you don't really care that much if you overshoot. You can slap a few together and keep 'em on hand, adding to the turning as required.