Reviews
Classy looking tripod / selfy stick
This is a large, combined tripod and selfie stick with a monstrous 1.57cm (60 inch) length fully extended allowing some selfie action in wide panoramic shots if that's what floats your boat.
This company are producing some quality branded photography accessories and this fits right it with their other products. In line with their branding, it is black with burnt orange accents. In fact, the metal fittings are all this colour. This gives it a real classy look in my opinion.
I ordered the big one so this is a substantial selfie stick at over a foot (30cm) long in its most compact state. In selfie mode the plastic handle is gripped and the head can be extended out as far as necessary. Given its maximum length is 157cm (60 inches) even a camera begins to feel heavy when fully extended and may limit the time spent filming this way. Of course, this is not peculiar to this device, it's just physics but worth mentioning. If it's too heavy then reel it in a bit!
In tripod mode, the handle opens up into 3 legs which can be secured using a tightening ring. The head can then be extended in the same way as when in selfie mode. Again, there are compromises here. In order to get so much length into such a compact design you end up with less than heavy duty parts. The legs only form the base and as such the rest of the height is just the telescopic steel part which will wobble about a bit if it's at all breezy. It's not necessarily a design fault, it's just the result of a design compromise when combining the functions that this device was built for. It’s also just physics again.
The head is a metal ball in a plastic socket and provides full pan and tilt. There is a slot, allowing the ball to be placed at right angles to the head. This actually allows the phone head to get really low down to the ground perspective. The thumb screw lock secures the head well. There is a standard tripod thread on top and also included is a cleverly designed, compact, folding phone clamp head. The spring on this is strong and I am happy to put my phone on it without fear of it falling off. Also included is a go-pro connector. If I was to find fault with this at all, it’s working out how to open up the tripod legs. It's not obvious and I think the designers might have put a little bit more energy into making it obvious. It's a small gripe, one that may well get fixed in future iterations. On the whole, I really like this product and will be putting in my day bag when out and about.
This company are producing some quality branded photography accessories and this fits right it with their other products. In line with their branding, it is black with burnt orange accents. In fact, the metal fittings are all this colour. This gives it a real classy look in my opinion.
I ordered the big one so this is a substantial selfie stick at over a foot (30cm) long in its most compact state. In selfie mode the plastic handle is gripped and the head can be extended out as far as necessary. Given its maximum length is 157cm (60 inches) even a camera begins to feel heavy when fully extended and may limit the time spent filming this way. Of course, this is not peculiar to this device, it's just physics but worth mentioning. If it's too heavy then reel it in a bit!
In tripod mode, the handle opens up into 3 legs which can be secured using a tightening ring. The head can then be extended in the same way as when in selfie mode. Again, there are compromises here. In order to get so much length into such a compact design you end up with less than heavy duty parts. The legs only form the base and as such the rest of the height is just the telescopic steel part which will wobble about a bit if it's at all breezy. It's not necessarily a design fault, it's just the result of a design compromise when combining the functions that this device was built for. It’s also just physics again.
The head is a metal ball in a plastic socket and provides full pan and tilt. There is a slot, allowing the ball to be placed at right angles to the head. This actually allows the phone head to get really low down to the ground perspective. The thumb screw lock secures the head well. There is a standard tripod thread on top and also included is a cleverly designed, compact, folding phone clamp head. The spring on this is strong and I am happy to put my phone on it without fear of it falling off. Also included is a go-pro connector. If I was to find fault with this at all, it’s working out how to open up the tripod legs. It's not obvious and I think the designers might have put a little bit more energy into making it obvious. It's a small gripe, one that may well get fixed in future iterations. On the whole, I really like this product and will be putting in my day bag when out and about.
27/04/2024