Camera Tripod 69 Inch, Patented 3-Way Swivel Portable Phone Tripod Professional Aluminum Alloy Travel Phone Camera Stand Monopod for Canon Nikon GoPro DSLR, DV Video Camcorder, Smartphone Black

This is a nice tripod if you're looking for something light and easy to carry around. I love the flexibility that it has, it can become a small tabletop tripod, a normal tripod or a monopod. The tripod itself is very lightweight, which obviously affects its stability a little bit. If you have the tripod with the monopod extension extended all the way it can be a little wobbly. Note that I put my GH2 camera on the tripod and it worked well. I tested its stability by pushing the camera a few times and while it did wobble quite a bit, it did not fall once. You'd have to hit it with some force to get the camera to topple. The manufacturers did make some interesting choices, using 3/8" screws on both ends of the monopod, but you can get around this with some screw adapters/converters. Overall a nice tripod if you're looking for something lightweight and very flexible in the ways it can be used.

Love the endless possibility I have to shoot at home. The product is resistant and offer several heights to meet anyone’s requirements.

I bought this to be able to video my children’s various school concerts. It’s small footprint makes it ideal for fitting in front of a chair in the row of auditorium seating and filming handsfree between seats. I love that I can use it with anyone’s cellphone or my zooming 30x pocket camera. (Not tested on a larger DSLR.)Atypical use: I have chosen to use it as a monopod upside-down from how they intended due to easier transition onto the tripod base. I have the slim end at the top with the camera mount and the hand grip at the bottom with the rubber foot installed as my standard like for stabilized photographs of kids egg hunting. Then if I want to tripod later for a concert or delayed group photo I simply remove the rubber foot and screw onto the small tripod base. Make sure to tighten the screw on the slightly adjustable base for stability or it will wiggle.Problems: It’s not perfectly smooth glide for panning L to R across a group while zoomed in. It’s either gripping stable or dependent on you to control. So not quite the same as my higher quality wide legs tripod.At its highest tripod setting when I push the camera photo button it does result in some substantial wiggle. So again the narrower base sacrifices stability vs standard wider version but for a kids concert the size of the bag needed to carry the pod and it’s narrow base are perfect.Future idea: I’d love the bag to be 1.5” longer so it actually can fit my assembled monopod setup inside. The top of the camera mount sticks out when I put it away still assembled for quick use (stick, foot, & camera attachment). The bag has lost its top seam so I’ll need to make my own or modify this one. The bag is kinda like packing a tent because it’s so narrow everything really only fits well one way so that’s probably how I damaged it.

I have used and owned more than 2 dozen tripods; from the cheap $20 mottles to the $250 ones. I have never had an interest in a monopod because I needed something freestanding; however, all tripods take up allot of room to set up. This tripod/monopod combination is the best of both worlds!Between the lock in camera shoe and the quick lock for the legs and telescopic extension makes this one of the fastest tripods to set up by far.It has all of the standard swivels that any other tripod would such as tilt, swivel and angle, and comes with a bonus of being able to clip in a cell phone.The footprint for the legs is about 1/3 of what a standard tripod would use. Keep in mind that this is a middle ground between a standard tripod and a monopod. So if you’re in a windy situation or you have a really heavy camera that the higher you raise the telescopic pole the less stable it is going to be.Because this tripod is made out of aluminum it is very light weight. This also cuts back a little bit on the stability, but makes it much nicer to toss in a backpack or camera bag to carry.Ok so I have talked about how there is a compromise in the stability for a smaller footprint with the legs. This can also be solved very easy. I took a 10lb barbell weight and clamped it to the center pole and I wouldn’t hesitate to put my heaviest camera on it now.You can also remove the telescopic pole and use it as a table top tripod. This gives you many different types of configurations.Now to top everything off: the company selling this tripod stands by their product. I had a question for them and they got back to me in less than 24 hours and answered all of my questions and solved my problem. Good customer service is hard to find and a company that stands behind their product is even harder to find.Personally I can’t think of any other modifications that I would make to this and still get all of the advantages that it has.So the bottom line… if you want something that is very reasonably priced, and gives you lots of options than this is it!5* for the product and 10* for the customer support!

I have a small tripod that I picked up years ago that I really like. It's small and lightweight and easy to set up. But it has gotten a little beat up over the years of riding around on the back of a motorcycle, so I have been looking for a replacement. I was hoping this tripod might be the one.Unfortunately, it falls short. Well, falls long might be a better term... The tripod itself is short enough when folded, but the selfie pole is a good 5-6" longer, which kind of defeats the purpose. I would have gladly traded a few inches of overall height for a smaller stowed dimension.It's also chunkier than my old one in every way. You'd think that would make it sturdier, but the joints on the tripod are mostly plastic and feel a little flimsy. It might be a little stronger than my old one, but the tradeoff is more bulk and a much shorter height unless you use the selfie stick. But then when you add the stick, stability goes down as the height goes up. My hope was to be able to put a small DSLR on it, but the small footprint combined with the long pole make me a bit nervous.I need to carry it on the back of my adventure bike and it will take a beating back there with lots of vibration and jostling around. I also need it to be quick and easy to use or I tend to avoid using it. With this system, if you want anything higher than just the tripod you have to unscrew the swivel head, unscrew the foot off the bottom of the stick, screw the stick on the tripod, then screw the head back on top of the stick. There is a small threaded stud that needs to be screwed in place to join the stick to the head. If you can get it tight enough it will hopefully stay in place, but if it vibrates loose, you're done. They give you a spare, so it's probably something that happens a lot. In general, it is a pain to set up and I can see myself rarely using it just because I don't want to deal with the hassle.I mean, don't get me wrong. It's not horrible. It's just not well suited for my needs. If you just want to clip a cell phone or a small point and shoot on top, and you don't mind the time it takes to set up and you have the room to store it, it's probably fine. But in the end, I'm going to send it back.I just wish I could find one like my old one. I bought it years ago on closeout at a camera shop and there are no markings or manufacturing info on it and the box is long gone. I've never seen one like it since even after browsing 100's of tripods here on Amazon.