Tripod Reviews

For the price this is a great little tripod. Seems to be well built and holds my Canon S330 camera securely once adjusted.

Heavy cameras such as the metal body Canon power shot series with off center tripod mounts require some playing around with the tripod head adjustments so that the camera and tripod assembly doesn't tip over.

Still, for under ten dollars this little tripod does the trick.

Ordered 2 Mini-Tripods.Great product. Excellent and very quick delivery. Highly recommend.

This tripod works really well. I bought this tripod for a Canon Powershot S400. I wanted something small yet sturdy. As others have said this tripod is very small; easily pocketable. This mini pod, when folded, is about 4" x 1" x .5" (nice and flat); it fits perfect inside the Lowepro MX 25 camera bag (similar to D-Res 25 bag) I bought to fit all the accessories (extra battery, extra CF card, battery charger, cables and of course the S400). The tripod has telescoping legs that come out another 2 inches or so...which are key for those shots I want to mount the camera rotated at 90 degrees (I extend just two of the legs so that the tripod doesn't tip over from the weight of the camera; curse Canon for that tripod mount off center of the camera!) I bought it from jpptechnologies with no problems; bought on Tuesday, shipped on Wednesday, received on Monday (NY to CA in 4 days).

I received this tripod as a birthday present. I set it up and used it to take one family photo. My daughter then walked by, slightly bumping one leg of the tripod. I was quite surprised to look at the tripod and find the leg badly bent. Tried to straighten the leg and it snapped right off. "Sturdy steel leg construction" the package says. HA! Straight into the garbage it went after being out of it's package less than 10 minutes. I'll get a different brand next time.

Just a bit confuse by this company product's description. Does NEW mean the package opened and have scratch on it? Although it is works, I totally lost my joy. Anyway, it maybe an "exceptional" case, but I won't buy from this company again.

I love this tripod. I own 2 other much larger tripods but this is the one I take everywhere. Setting up this tripod is very quick - just pull each leg and twist to lock. Taking it down is even faster - twist each leg to unlock and then pound the tripod against the ground to collapse all 3 legs at the same time.

However, make sure you can live with the following limitations before getting this tripod:
1. The extended height is either 10.5" or 40". Any other height in between is very difficult to setup and not as secure.
2. The maximum height of 40" is quite low. There will be times that you wished you brought along a regular tripod.
3. It has only a 2-way head. It can only pan and tilt forward/backward. It cannot rotate clockwise/counterclockwise.
4. The build quality and tolerance are not top notch. When you pan, the head rotates slightly clockwise then counterclockwise. Camcorder and digital photographer using panning or stitch panoramic mode will find this objectionable. For my particular tripod, I have to remember to setup the tripod leg with the Ambico logo to my right in order for my pictures to line up with the true horizon.
5. It looks flimsy (but to be expected for this type of tripod). The plastic head probably will not survive a direct drop to the concrete pavement.