Celestron 82050 TrailSeeker Tripod, Black

I have been lugging around an old (heavy) tripod for a few years now, envying many other twitchers with their expensive equipment. As the body is not getting any younger I decided to splash out on a new lightweight tripod. Having, taken some advice for some experts at a wildlife trust centre we frequent, I got the chance to see, feel and hold a Celestron trail seeker and was amazed with how sturdy and light it was. After checking around I found that the best deal for me was with Amazon and within a few days my tripod arrived. It was easy to set up and even with my spotting scope attached it felt far more comfortable and lightweight than before. I already had a carrying harness and my new tripod fitted it perfectly. It’s so comfortable to carry around now. I have used it both outdoors and inside various different bird hides and it was so easy to set up and use. It’s a stable platform enabling easy clear spotting. I also found it a good base for a webcam that I use for social on-line get togethers with friends who are still home-bound due to health, care and children issues. Top notch I thoroughly recommend this reasonably priced scope.

Spent a long time researching as for someone 6ft 4 tall & wanted for use on all terrain . He is very pleased with it, esp with the height it extends to & the ease of putting up & being so lightweight with a carry bag . Price is worth it for the quality...

Very stable smooth panning, but does not fold to a short length for a medium size suitcase

Broken upon arrival. Returned.

fantastic, I use this with my Celestron spotting scope and my daughter uses it with her camera. Compact and easy to set up. good quality.

Perfect for my Celestron ultra 100 and very pleased

Trying to combine it with Celestron 80/20Pro binoculars using only the sparse information in both (undamaged) packages proved impossible for me. However, with Celestron UK's top notch help, they made it work AND provided much clearer instructions than provided with the item. 1010 to Thatcham staff

Perfect for what I wanted

Just under a year since purchase, the legs suddenly jammed after a night out in the desert. I was never really able to get them moving freely again, no matter how much I cleaned/reassembled it. It's a shame, since it was otherwise a pretty great tripod with a nice fluid pan head and it held my Celestron SkyMaster 8x56 binoculars steady and stable.

Buon prodotto, solido ma un po’ costoso

Buen producto

Me parece fantástico, pero he llegado faltando una pieza fundamental, con lo cual, hayque devolverlo.... una lastima.

This is a robust tripod but not that robust. The best thing of this tripod is it’s not very heavy and it holds weight. The tripod also has fluid/bubble balance and a hook to hang some extra weight to make it more stable. There’s a compass too. But it’s so small it’s not of much use. The main problem is the tripod is not optically very stable with total weight close to 2 kg. One has to constantly keep an eye on Live view for FoV while manually focusing the camera while digiscoping even after tightening all screws and knobs. With this additional efforts I am satisfied with the Celestron tripod in its price range. I would give 80 for value for money score.