JOILCAN Tripod for Camera, 81" Aluminum Camera Tripod, 83" DSLR Tripods & Monopods, Heavy Duty Travel Tripod for Binoculars Spotting Scope Telescope, Professional Complete Tripod Units, Payload 35lb

The media could not be loaded. Here is my transcript from the video!This is my review for the Joil-can tripod. Here's the tripod. I'm holding it because I usually use it to do my reviews on. It's really good, it's really good, it's really good. And it's well, well, well worth the price because here's why. It's lightweight, but not too light because you want something sturdy that's gonna have some basis for the camera. It's got a bunch of different controls on it. Oh, it's even got a spirit level. I didn't even realize that till I just started doing the video and saw it in reverse. Okay, it basically, it does a tilt, it does a pan, it does up, down. It can go, so you're up, it can take you down. It's a good one. I've used lots before. And what I like about this is, sure there's plastic rings to it, but it's basically aluminum, aluminum, they say here in America. And it makes it stronger and it's firm. And that's important because if, you know, someone accidentally knocks it, it's gonna be nice and sturdy. I took it to Hollywood. We were going to a museum there and wanted to do some selfie stuff, ton of fun. It's called Museum of Illusions, by the way, a lot of fun, or House of Illusions. So I'm very, very happy to give this a five stars out of five stars. And I like this. It's the color, sort of like a burnt umber, orange hue, sunset over Malibu. All right, there you go. That's the review. Hope it helps.

Sturdy, Works with many devices, tall! Affordable and conveinent and comfortable feel, all star product and easy to setup.

As the description says, it's a heavy one. Not so heavy to make it difficult but does have substantial weight to it. It also has a hook to add more weight if you need to. With that said, I really like this. It's heavy enough to carry the weight of my rig. A lighter tripod would work but this one is alot more stable. Positioning the legs took a minute to get used to. They have a locking tab that has to be pushed in to move the legs and lock them in place. Along with being able to lock the legs in place the other controls are smoth and the level is a great tool to have when working on uneven surfaces. I haven't tried it as a monopod but the instructions look simple enough. Accessories are included in the box. Some alen keys ,the second mounting plate and parts for the monopod. Lastly, the ability to mount something upside down for close-ups is exciting. Was never able to get that type of shot stable enough before. Can't wait to try it out!

A few minor hiccups but overall a great unit

Professional photographer here. I'm a wedding and event photographer, as well as a nature photographer for over 15 years. Put it in the cart.I own one of those huge telephoto lenses. You know the ones you can take a photo of a tick on the back of a deer from the next state over and it looks like its in the palm of your hand. One of those lenses. This thing doesn't even flinch at a giant camera.It's heavy duty, as in its sturdy doesn't wiggle anywhere on any of its joints. Has a wonderful handle on it to pick it up. Comes with a GREAT case.Another huge thing I love is the way that the plates come off of the top. When you're releasing the camera from the tripod you have to unscrew a little spot that releases the plate. I find this to be much better than the old style flip handle that I've had on other tripods.100% would recommend. Great price too.

We have a large Celestron spotting scope and needed a much stronger tripod than the one we had. This one is very strong and sturdy. We haven't taken it out in the field yet, but just trying it out in our home. It seems like it's going to work well. All of the mechanisms are smooth and strong and are made out of high quality materials

This is a well made tripod, no doubt about it. There is one major flaw I didnt realize until I used it. If you want to do a horizontal sweep while filming, lets say of scenery or sports, you cant do it and stay on the same level. This is a ball design, so both the Horizontal and Vertical movement is all at once from the one ball in the socket, unlike a traditional tripod I was more use to using all my life, where you have a separate horizontal and vertical axis to turn the camera on. If you try to sweep horizontally you will go up and down as well, no way pure horizontal is happening during filming and sweeping.If you want to film and have instantaneous ability to immediately turn in any direction, if you are taking picture stills and following a bird or a plane or superman, then this is your tripod.I'm not saying its a bad tripod, it just cant do what I need it to do. The lack of an extended handle to turn the ball makes this nearly impossible to move in any direction without going way over in a direction you did not intend. You have to grab the camera and by grabbing the camera to move it you involve shakes in the camera, grabing the camera is the biggest no-no and is why you have a tripod in the first place. IT should of at least had a handle/rod/boom to move the camera.The top that you set your camera on has 2 levels one on each side of the corner. Good luck trying to get those 2 into the center, it reminds me of the little plastic toys we had were you tried to get a marble into the center by tilting on the horizontal and vertical axis at the same time, its nearly impossible on this small of a ball.Vertical Sweeps. Due to the "Slot" in the piece that holds the ball, you can lower the extension part of the ball assembly into that slot and you can do a vertical sweep in a perfect up down line, you could even then do a left to right horizontal sweep. I know I said you can't do that, the difference here being is that your cameras view is in the vertical position, its like turning your widescreen TV or monitor 90 degrees and now you have a long up and down but narrow wide. So if you want all your movies with you expensive S camera to look like they are taken on a cell phone, then this mode works for you. But I do alot of "widescreen" panoramic type shooting and I need to sweep horizontally and no way thats happening. Possibly I can build something that I can attach to it that will let me do that.Its nice, its well made, its not heavy but its not something you want to bring on a long hike, just maybe the mono-pole part of it. Okay for stills, no good for filming, unless your are not going to move your camera.I'll probably give it away and get a traditional one.Think about it before you buy.