After having to retire my old battle tripod, which has had a really hard life for years, it's time to replace it with another one because it already had gaps somewhere and couldn't be solved. I have looked and reviewed the web, physical stores and read and seen a lot of reviews but they all had something I didn't like, the price was over 250-300 euros and I think that for a tripod that you're going to put in hard work on all kinds of terrain, it seems like a lot of money to me when in reality it's the head that counts, even more so if what you're going to do is video and there if you have to spend money if you want softness and longevity, but you don't need that much for a photo.

I opted for this one because of its versatility and good price, in addition to taking it on sale, but above all because of the good reviews it has. Now after receiving it at my house I think that I have made a great purchase and that I will not regret it.

It comes to us in a box and inside the carrying bag itself, which must be said to be very well made and has padding to absorb possible shocks and has a practical strap so you can hang it on your shoulder.

In reality, depending on the mounts, the tripod is several different things, a tripod, a monopod or an extra arm that it carries to place the camera transversely and take macro or zenithal photography.

In addition to the above, its legs can be opened at various angles and different heights, there are four sections plus two more sections of the central column, and can reach a height of 2 meters, although this model is available in several heights but I think this is the most versatile.

Everything is made of aluminum metal and thanks to this its weight is 1.85 Kg, but if we remove the extra arm and its frame, we have about 1.6 Kg, which is a very reasonable weight for how robust this tripod is.

The unfolding/folding of the legs is a quick system, as is the system that carries the central column, which changes it quickly raises or lowers thanks to the screw system it has.

Its head has a bubble, which for me is essential and for those who carry a ball, this one is sturdy even if I can't. Nothing you squeeze a little with the toothpick it carries, it stays in the chosen position.
You can rotate this 360º in both directions, and just by loosening the stick you go from horizontal to vertical position. If you want to make a panoramic view, this kneecap is soft, fluid and you don't have a hard time moving the set, you do it with just one finger, so if you record video you can take horizontal panoramas without problem, but not vertical ones, for that you need another type of head.
Removing this head is simple, just rotate it and it comes out and so we can remove the central column and invert it in order to take photos at ground level or once we have removed it, place the other support to place the horizontal bar that allows us to take pictures from above (overhead), very useful when we make cooked dishes or want to take macro photos since this type of arm allows us to bring the camera closer to our objective to be photographed.

Just unscrew one of the legs that the tripod has and place the head on it to turn it into a monopod so you don't have to carry another load of stuff with the equipment because you don't know for sure if you're going to need it or not.

The tripod can be used both indoors with smooth floors and outdoors with earthen floors, stones, thanks to the fact that at its ends we can select rubbers or steel spikes on them, just turn the rubber they have to have one or the other.

Both the central and horizontal columns have a hook at one end to give them weight and make the tripod even more stable. Especially if we use the horizontal arm with the camera going too far outside, where it would fall due to the camera's own weight, by placing the weight on it, we will counteract its weight and we can take the photo/shot.

One thing that had happened to me is that the head has a quick release system and also includes a shoe that is wide enough to be able to place any equipment in it, as long as it is within the weight allowed by the kneecap of this tripod, about 10 kg.

As a negative point, when you have the tripod folded and you take it by one of its legs, it opens, it does not have any anchors or means of support that leaves the legs fixed and folded and it is quite uncomfortable because if you are moving with it in your hand, you have to grab it with the central column so that this does not happen. It has an easy solution, to put a cord that ties all three legs together, but it's a pain to be doing and the engineers could have already noticed this failure.

In short. A magnificent and very robust tripod, which holds your equipment without problems, with a maximum height of two meters, convertible into a monopod and with a transverse arm, low in weight and with a transport/storage bag and at a price that many of the well-known “Brand” would like to give at this price, so I can only tell you that it is a tripod