K&F Concept X-Series 68 inch/172cm Carbon Fiber Camera Tripod,Professional Photography Tripod with 36mm Metal Ball Head Load Capacity 16KG/35.2lbs for Indoor Outdoor Use X284C4+BH-36

so far so good. There's a bit where you need to screw tight and I got confused and thought it was designed well. But realised I hadn't screwed it tight enough, so it's a good tripod for the price..practice with it first.

This K&F tripod seems very well made from nice anodised aluminium. It’s very sturdy even fully extended. I purchased this version due to the extra load it’s able to take, up to 15kg. I use mine as a shooting tripod for target shooting. Everything locks together nice and securely so far, nothing has come loose. Like most other tripods it can rotate and lock into multiple angles. What else is there to say? It’s all very nice quality, well put together, light, easy to use, doesn’t sway or move around when in use and is firmly planted with none slip feet. Also comes with a handy travel bag.

I like this tripod aot, I got mine for the incredible price of £103, "Used Like New", it is very solid, the leg "twists" are so smooth and it only takes half a twist to tighten or release the leg section. I prefer a three way geared bead to a ballhead, but, the ballhead is very sturdy, the large levers and knob are very useful in cold weather. This tripod easily matches tripods by other brands at far higher price points.

Brilliant value tripod, really sturdy for the price, and lightweight. Leg adjusters are easy one handed as well.

Fantastically stable, great twist locks on legs, love the tripod. Only one slight point I will make is the ball head does seem to come loose when rotating the 360 degree axis, I have sort of stopped this by making a thin rubber disc washer for the two parts to clamp on when tightened up. Would be nice if K&F supplied say a silicone washer for this purpose. But all in all it truly is a great stable piece of kit! UPDATE: Had an issues with the ball head coming loose after rotating the ball head. Contacted K&F Concepts directly, I have to say what fantastic Customer Services, very responsive, very helpful. They sent me another tripod! Fantastic supplier of quality products and can highly recommend them!!

Sturdy, light weight, comes with a carry bag, though the legs have to be folded back for the tripod to fit in the bag with the ball head attached but that's easy to do. The BH-36 ball head is adequate (it certainly does what it's supposed to do) - anything bigger, and it wouldn't fit in the bag. I got this for a friend and I think she's going to be well pleased with it. I have a (hugely expensive) old Gitzo tripod with Kirk ball head which are pretty well perfect, but if this tripod/ball head had been available back then, I think I might have opted to save myself a packet. The twist lock on my Gitzo only needs a very slight twist to engage securely whereas the K&F needs almost a half twist to ensure the legs don't collapse, so it does take a little longer to set up (that and my Gitzo only has 3 sections to the K&F's 4). Similarly with the locks on the ball head. Nevertheless, this tripod is going to serve her very well and will securely support anything she needs to mount on it. One thing the K&F has that my Gitzo doesn't: one of the legs can be removed to use as a monopod and the ballhead can be transferred to the top of it. Very handy on occassion.

I like how solid and compact the tripod is made and how compact it folds up, however i really dislike the unstable rubber feet that keep flipping up randomly so that you have to keep bending down to reposition the rubber feet after they repeatedly flip back on themselves everytime you use it. Another concern is that the tripod degree angle of leg spread when fully spread is not very wide nor does it appear to be standard so it feels like the tripod is at too steep an angle and that it could be much easier to tip the whole thing over than the cheaper K&F tripod that has a slightly wider degree of leg spread, this compact tripod has a few degrees less spread and it does not feel quite as reassuring as the 50% cheaper K&F models. So because of these issues i gave it 3 stars and returned my model for a refund and i will continue using the cheaper K&F model version. In my opinion if the feet had been round or had retractable metal studs like on the cheaper K&F £60 model this tripod would have been near perfect. The feet are the big let down on this model, and that leg spread needs to be slightly wider. Why on earth they changed the feet design to articulated rubber feet is beyond me, the old solid unscrew way was/is much much better in my opinion. If one foot flips up the entire tripod is off level and unstable.

I previously had a Aluminium K&F tripod but I found it difficult to manage With my arthritic sausage fingers . So apart from the obvious stability requirement I was looking for a much easier mechanism to open up and adjust the tripod . I am sure there are much better Carbon fibre tripods out there but when you have a tight budget this tripod has it all, easy to use, solid enough for what I require and above all a in a good price range. I’m very happy with it as I have been with all K&F products that I have purchased.