Roll up tripod

I saw this at Birdfair and was rathet aken with it. Being small to transprt is important for me as is eing able to handel heavy kit. It maybe not for every situation but I go somwhere,set up and then move on. I made a little video at Birdfair about it and I have one that I am using.
Mostly Vintage Cameras said:
THis certainly packs up small.
View: https://youtu.be/A94UiMJzrWE
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Interesting concept but too many disadvantages over a "normal" tripod for me.
 
That is a very interesting idea.
 
An interesting and novel approach to tripod design with the deformable memory material of the legs.

One usage that struck that it is possibly ideal for is using in water as any ingress into the legs would be easy to flush out and indeed wash out as needed.

In regard to the legs material, I wonder what their lifespan is projected to be before any potential degradation of the shape change and rollable performance?
 
The biggest issue I see is the lack of adjustment in leg length - the control of height is by changing leg angle, or the centre column - making setup on an uneven or sloping surface harder.
 
Box Brownie said:
One usage that struck that it is possibly ideal for is using in water as any ingress into the legs would be easy to flush out and indeed wash out as needed.
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Maybe static water; it would be a nightmare in a stream/river, and probably in wind too.
They do a good job of making it less obvious on their site, but the leg "tubes" remain quite open; they're more like 2/3 of a tube... a turbine vane. And there is no way they can be as stiff as the better CF tubes in use already.

The apex appears to be plastic/composite, and that center column is a joke. Plus the legs only lock into two angles and one height... you better be setup on some pretty level ground. I am aware that plastics/composites can be just a strong as metals; but I can't see that thing ever catching on.
 
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As mentioned I have one of these and find it useful. No it's not my only tripod. I pick the tool for the job at hand somtimes, often in fact, it's this one where I need to carry somthing small that will be stable with heavy kit on.
I have set it up on a steep hill and got it level ok without a leveling base (a leveling base could also be used. My "propper" Libec video tripod has a 75mm ball for example), the last third of the second video shot on the Revolve with the horizontal pan was shot on farily steep slope.
The third video with the freezer was behind a paywall but as there is curiosity about it here I've made it public just now.




Can't say I've used it in a strong wind or put it in water but I will test that at some point. The tubes are suprisingly strong.
 
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