SIRUI Carbon Fiber Tripod Lightweight 2lbs with Panoramic Fluid Head, 59.8” Compact Camera Tripod Quick Release Leg Setup, Reversible Center Column, Reverse Folding Legs, Max Load 11lbs - Traveler X

I love the way the legs extend. It’s super quick to setup. I will say you do have to fiddle a little with the knobs more than I think you should to lock in a position or lock down a tilt direction, and I do wish it had an ability to flip the tripod head to vertical, but this thing is so small, lightweight, and sturdy that I can’t complain for the price. Easy recommendation and a massive step up from my prior tripods

Honestly I didn't expect this to be much of a tripod, just needed something last minute to use on a gig after my tried and true tripod broke unexpectedly. Let me tell you this tripod is pretty awesome. It collapses down so much and was so easy to expand. Held my camera equipment well on set and just performed. I really thought this was gonna be a return item but I still use it and very happy with the purchase.

Excellent tripod! Its saved me on so many occasions, the flexibility of the design allows you to shoot from pretty much any angle. Its a quick and easy set up as well! The only thing that needs work is the middle layers of extension, There is not a quick way to ensure your tripod legs are at the same length unless completely collapsed or completely extended. If they had a way to that feature a little bit more intuitive that would do wonders but i have worked around it for what value this offers with such an affordable price tag.

The tripod itself is worth 5 stars. This thing is absolutely sweet. It packs down as small as my wife’s sitting tripod, but is tall enough that I can stand up and use a spotting scope behind it. Being able to open the legs up all at once with one hand and vice versa is the best feature. All of this for 2 pounds makes this the perfect backpacking tripod. I gave it 4 stars because the fluid head is garbage. There is 0 vertical panning motion. When you attempt to move the head up or down with any kind of tension, it will only move a few degrees before binding up and “ratcheting”. Plan on replacing the pan head if you purchase.

The GOOD: Tripod is extremely light and sturdy when deployed. The OKAY: The leg locks seem flimsy, but work flawlessly. The BAD: The fluid head is worthless it grinds.... Might try to exchange the head or return the tripod. would be perfectly find for still photos But not if your recording video and need pan.

If you, like me, are shopping lightweight tripods for backpacking or other weight-critical uses, you might be interested to know how close this comes to the claimed 750g weight. It weighs 950g on my scale. Replacing the fluid head with a small ball head gets it down to 865g. ditch the center column extension and you can get it down further to 825g with a 51" working height. This is lighter than my older Sirui T-005KX travel tripod, which weighs in at 925g with the same ball head and also with a center column deletion. That tripod also had a working height of only 40" with the center column removed. This one is faster to deploy/pack up than the older one with a twist lock on each leg segment. I hope the mechanism holds up in time. Two of the twist locks on my T-005KX are broken. If you really want to prioritize light weight, the ultra-cheap Amazon Basics tripod weighs 585g on the same scale. But that tripod feels MUCH flimsier and poorer build quality. In the end, this is my favorite option for a travel or backpacking tripod. Even if it doesn't quite meet the claimed weight goal, it does strike a good balance of weight, working height, and build quality.

Compact, lightweight, well built, sturdy. Great tripod! Love it!

Edit 3: I bought a new head and, honestly, now it’s top notch. Check out Neewer. It really made for a simple, stable setup. The shame here is, for this price (of the product you’re looking at) they could have easily a made similar (ball or not) head. My image reflects my most recent and up to date state of the setup, without their head on it. Edit: company reached out and offered to replace the head (which is fundamentally flawed) or give me %5 of the cost refunded. This shows me how much they value the head of this thing. I’d rate it at zero stars at this point. I’ve learned from my mistake. Beware the "fluid head". It’s a light tripod, and the quick deploy is brilliant. The killer for me, and the reason I dont use it, is the head is just terrible. The QL tightening screw is so close to the adapter, both my X-T5 and X-H2, when mounted, I need a tool to get to the tightening knob. This is foundational to setup and is wildly frustrating. Pair that with jerky up/down range of motion, and like many others said: it needs a different head. I'd return this if it didnt pass the allowed time already.

The tripod itself seemed promising in having a unique design that keeps the weight down, but is not well designed for spotting scopes. With the legs fully extended but the centre column retracted, the tripod feels a tad flimsy. After 2 weeks of usage the locking mechanism on one of the tripod legs stopped working and the legs would push into itself and cannot be locked. The pan head is also terrible and has an all-or-nothing lock. When its loose a heavy spotting scope will flop on its own weight and has to be completely tightened. The horizontal adjustment is also terrible as it has sometimes gets stuck on itself, and when tightened the image will shift sideways.

Everything is just great about this tripod from sirui. The weight. is really lightweight but I've made it lighter at 750gm by removing the video head and putting the small , smallrig ballhead on and having the short centre column instead of the long one . This has made it really lightweight for hiking and travelling , by doing this slight mod to it does not affect its performance in fact the performance of this tripod is really quite sturdy as long as you anchor it down correctly. The way the legs come out as one , no more faffage with clips ect , as long as you operate this tripod correctly ,it's a great bit of kit.. EDIT... After 20 months of use the legs fell apart . The insides are kept together with cheap plastic . Not what I would of expected from siuri. Really poor quality . Now looking at other brands like the vanguard VEO 3GO 235cb . It's a shame , I've used sirui equipment for years..

È leggerissimo, e veramente utile quando devi camminare tanto con tutta l'attrezzatura addosso

Zunächst zu den Fakten: Mit 38,5 cm Packmaß (Durchmesser: ca. 9,5 cm) und einer Höhe von 132 cm ohne und 152 cm mit ausgefahrener Mittelsäule entspricht dieses Sirui-Stativ weitgehend den Maßen des hochgelobten Peak Design Travel Tripod - das allerdings einen mit 7,9 cm etwas kleineren Durchmesser aufweist. Das Gewicht des Sirui liegt sogar deutlich darunter: Ich habe 1,1 kg gemessen mit dem von mir genutzten Neewer-Videoneiger (dazu unten mehr). Somit ist es sogar knapp 200 g leichter als das Peak Design. Der Beine sind dank des imnnovativen Mechanismus wirklich schnell aus- und vor allem wieder einzuklappen. Hier hat auch das Peak Design deutlich das Nachsehen, da dort der Verschluss jedes einzelnen Beinsegments vor dem Einfahren geöffnet werden muss. Ein deutlicher Nachteil des Sirui-Mechanismus ist allerdings, dass sich zum Nivellieren des Stativs bei unebenem Untergrund einzelne Beinsegmente mit montierter Kamera nur schlecht kürzen lassen: Hier muss man das jeweilige Stativbein einseitig anheben, das darüberliegende Segment festhalten und die Arrettierung des unteren Segments lösen, was fummelig ist und sich bei montierter Kamera auch gefährlich anfühlt. Insgesamt ist die Stabilität OK für ein so leichtes Carbonstativ. Mehr als eine spiegellose Systemkamera mit nicht allzu schwerem Zoom sollte man dem Sirui aber nicht zumuten. Maximal vielleicht 2 bis 2,5 kg. Die in der Werbung genannten 5 bzw. 10 kg Traglast sind für die Praxis völlig überzogen. Das gilt aber genauso für alle anderen mir bekannten Reisestative. Dank eines Hakens unterhalb der Mittelsäule zum Einhängen der Kameratasche kann die Stabilität gegen Wind/Erschütterungen erhöht werden. Der mitgelieferte Videoneiger-Stativkopf ist nicht überzeugend, da z. B. die Neigungsveränderung des Neigegriffs nur mit Imbus-Schlüssel machbar ist und der Widerstand beim Schwenken mit der Feststellschraube nicht zu dosieren ist. Ich habe ihn gegen den Neewer GM25 ausgetauscht, der beim Schwenken zwar ähnliche Probleme hat, aber mit einer Rändelschraube am Neigegriff schneller betriebsbereit ist und - sehr wichtig für Social-Media Videoproduktionen - eine 360 Grad drehbare Basis hat, so dass auch der schnelle Wechsel zum Filmen im Portrait/Hochkant-Format möglich ist. Ein echter Videoneiger ist der Neewer natürlich auch nicht. Bestenfalls lassen sich damit im Weitwinkel ruckelfreie Schwenks realisieren. Für Spektive oder Tele-Aufnahmen sind solche kleine Stative und Köpfe selbstverständlich vollkommen unterdimensioniert. Qualitativ ist das Sirui-Stativ vor allem angesichts des sehr günstigen Preises top und auch die Ausstattung überzeugt: Libelle (Wasserwaage) zum Ausrichten ist vorhanden, bodennahe Aufnahmen, auch mit umgedrehter Mittelsäule sind möglich. Und sogar drei Viertelzoll-Gewinde sind vorhanden - zum Beispiel für die Montage von Zubehör wie Mikrofon oder Vorschau-Monitor mittels Gelenkarm.

Super lightweight because of it's carbon material, I feel like I'm just carrying a kendo stick. When it's fully folded it's very short that you can even fit in a small bag or side of your bag, it's good for travelling