HIFFIN® HF-550 Professional Aluminum Tripod & Monopod with 152CM Max Height | Swivel Ball Head, 4-Section Adjustment, 7kg Load Support | Perfect for DSLR & Video Camcorders

Even though it’s Aluminium it’s Light. Feels surfier than Carbon Fiber too, high quality build. Thanks so much for this. Using this with an Ulanzi(might have spelled that wrong) mobile holder. And it has a standard screw in top for DSLR Too! Again, thanks for an amazing build at a competitive Price. Wouldn’t mind going for Carbon Fiber in the future with the same company.Have used the Tripod for the following:- Music practice recording- Group Photo Session- Nature Shots

I have had this tripod for one week and have so far used it on two indoor shoots. While I do plan to use this tripod for outdoor shoots, I have not yet had the opportunity to do so.The first thing that stuck me is that, for the fully extended height of 65", it is very compact when folded. It fits snugly in the bag provided and makes for a small, lightweight, and easily portable package.The legs ball head is smooth and tightens easily. The central column appears sturdy in the vertical as well as horizontal positions and I found no problems with the legs. All the knobs felt well tensioned on arrival to me, and can be adjusted to individual preferences with the Allen key provided.The only negative I've found so far is that it feels like the paint will come off fairly soon at the point where the three legs diverge from the central column because it is a moving ratchet connection between two painted metal parts. This is the main reason I am giving this tripod 4 starts and not 5.If you will not use the central column in the horizontal position much then I would suggest buying a tripod without this option because the extra knobs and screws needed for this makes using the tripod just that little bit more fiddly.

Value for money and genuine product

I do birding with100 to400and 150 to 600 big heavy zooms.Iam 5and half feet tall.this stand is 4 section easily adjusted and is steady.Camera comes to eye level without raising cetre rod.I hang my backpack with bird books waterbottle etc in centre of the tripod.It becomes rock solid even though it is light weight.It is for half the price of similar tripods.Go for it.I use Hifin Gimble also with it .another super product from hiffin.

The aluminium build is solid but the plastic material is not of good quality. The ball head roller is also not as smooth and when it is rotated gets stuck and has already got damage. To use as monopod, the mechanism to unload is not smooth and also it is a issue putting back. The plastic quality that hold the legs has already been broken despite some force being applied. I recommend to go with digitek 520 despite spending additional 1k as that has smooth rotation and is superior.Simply don't buy this product. I waste my money and is regretting on purchasing this item.

Love the tripod it's worth money durability is amazing really strong and strudy ball head is rock solid company say maximum height is 65cm but after extending every as you can see in the last photo the maximum height 12inch higher than mentioned so total height of 77cm and I use nikon d7200 with 3 three lenses 1. 24-70mm, 2.150-600mm, 3. 85mm all work perfectly with this tripod yeah with 150-600 there's is a little shaky in high wind but it's not bad overall it perfect with every lens.

Using this for a couple weeks now. I love the size it gets really compact to travel with, and also really tall if needed (higher than 6 feet). I used to use a gorilla pod but I haven't used it since I got this. in my use I haven't found any shortcomings but if I have to nitpick then I will say that tabletop length isn't necessarily the longest. Overall I really like this product and I used it with my gh5 + sigma 18-35 1.8, which it can easily handle and I'm sure more weight as well.

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