Hakuba MONO-POD-10 Photographic/Video Table Tripod

Rating:
Summary: You Pay a Nickle..... You Get a Nickles Worth.
Review: As soon as I received the tripod, I unpacked it and started to unfold it for tripod use. Did what I was told to do (ie instructions on tripod)and promptly broke one of the legs.

This is not a Bogen or a Gitzo or even a Slik, nor did it cost as much!

In all fairness for a kid starting to take the step from snapshots to photography, this mono/tri pod might be just the ticket!
Adult Photographers, pay the money for quality!

Rating:
Summary: Convenient monopod, BUT....
Review: I really liked the usefulness of the Hakuba monopod 10 and its slender, compact size. Great for travel. The main telescoping sections are all metal. But, here's the big BUT -- the two non-telescoping flip-out short legs are plastic. Both of mine now have small cracks where the legs are attached to the main monopod shaft. This occured under the weight of a Nikon FM and a plastic-barrel telephoto lens, not a very heavy load.

So, if you want a slender monopod, it's fine. But as a tabletop tripod, I'm afraid this isn't the best choice -- not until Hakuba makes those two short legs of the same metal as the main monopod.

Rating:
Summary: Convenient monopod, BUT....
Review: I really liked the usefulness of the Hakuba monopod 10 and its slender, compact size. Great for travel. The main telescoping sections are all metal. But, here's the big BUT -- the two non-telescoping flip-out short legs are plastic. Both of mine now have small cracks where the legs are attached to the main monopod shaft. This occured under the weight of a Nikon FM and a plastic-barrel telephoto lens, not a very heavy load.

So, if you want a slender monopod, it's fine. But as a tabletop tripod, I'm afraid this isn't the best choice -- not until Hakuba makes those two short legs of the same metal as the main monopod.