3lt eddie evolution 2 carbon tripod

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http://www.3leggedthing.com/travel-tripods/eddieevo2black.html

This seems like the ultimate tripod from its specs, seems to tick many boxes that we all want, size when folded, strength, low height, maximum height, 5yr warranty, rigidness, multifunctional, cool bag and tools included.

The 1 tick box it also has is a price tag to go with it, seems you get what you pay for but wow that's pricey.

Surprised so few reviews on the net with such a 'tick all boxes bit of kit'
Anyone have any experience on here?
I'm very tempted, I've bought a few tripods in the past, and would be happy to pay the premium if I was sure this was the last one I bought :)
 
A 'tick all boxes bit of kit' - I'm not sure ... versatile but TBH, leg diameter 29mm and with a centre column doesn't compare to the 38mm leg diameter Feisol without centre column.
I would suspect that the design fails it in the stability stakes.
 
Sorry was a bit stupid to say 'tick all' but as compromises go, I was thinking its stronger than most, and for a maximum of 70-200 to wide angle landscape shots, was pretty good!
 
[edit] nm, found the price ... woah ...


I've read and seen videos on 3LT in the past, just after I bought my Giottos of course ...

12KG load cap, and 40KG for the ballhead!! tasty. But very pricey.
 
Lot of money to pay without knowing what their durability is like long term

Think I would be looking at Gitzo if I wanted a tripod with a proven track record and maybe it being the last one I wanted to buy (or at least for a few years anyway}
 
Just bought a Adrian evo2 excellent bit of kit much better quality than original models bought from 3lt direct sales and aftersales second to none you get to deal direct with the people that own and run the company
 
I would look at other manufacturers but no one makes a tripod that folds to 42cm, has a minimum height of just 12.5 cm and carries 12kg. The travel angels come close but not quite.

Good to hear some positives!
 
My manfrotto is the first carbon one they did - the CarbOne is what they calle dit...that is about 1998 vintage and still going strong - not much in the folded size, goes to floor level, you have to take the column out and put it in at 90 degrees, but it does go so low as to get the camera on the deck.

I used to use my medium format gear on it happily - an RZ with 250mm lens was no problem. Likewise F5 with 500 f4 or 300 f2.8 with TC. The legs might seem "flimsy" by comparison, but they support the gear. The big difference with Cabon and alloy is the resonance - wind in the carbon gets it "singing" that is the only way I can describe it. Alloy doesn't seem to have this problem. Maybe those very large diameter legs don't either (perhaps the reason they have to go to those lengths to get the resonance dialled out?)
 
I've just read a few very favourable reviews of 3LT tripods, however did notice a one star product review for the Eric Evo 2 at wex.
 
I saw the 3LT stuff at Focus last year, and really the only think that stood out from the raft of other brands out there was the 'funky' name and marketing.

The product was OK, but so is a lot of other kit in the market - like everything, likes and dislikes are subjective.
 
I have the Alu version of this the Dave. Admittedly I didn't pay for it but I really like it. I can't speak about the ball head as I have one of their first gen ones. I won a kirk, which suffered a failure in the leg anti rotation. They replaced this with a Dave no questions asked.

5 sections seems a lot but it's solid enough unless you're going to put more than a 70-200 on it. It will hold one but I suspect stability will suffer. I do need to raise the column a touch at full extension to get to my eye heigh (I'm 5' 9") but this amount doesn't seem to add any wobble I can feel.

There's a comment by the company owner about the 12Kg limit on youtube, I think the B&H video they did. Basically they had to rate them to something and 12Kg is more than a supertele and a camera so they went with that, not because that's all it could deal with but they need a number to stop people being silly with them.

I can't comment much on comparisons other than I like it better than the Manfrotto 190 I was looking from the local store at before I won the Kirk.

If you have any specific questions let me know but in Alu it's a good general purpose tripod, just don't stick a supertele on it and expect wonders.
 
I've got the Brian and are very happy with it. Plenty stable enough for my D7000 with 70-200 or 24-70...And also for my Mamiya RB67 Pro SD with any of my lenses...
 
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