Manbily Mini Tripod Base for Monopods, 3/8" Screw Desktop Tripods with Three Feet, Monopod Stand Support, Travel for Ball Fluid Head DSLR Camera Camcorder, Tilt 20° & Rotate 360° (M-2)

Really useful tripod mount for a monopod, it obviously is not as steady as a tripod but if like me you like to travel light it’s perfect for the impromptu portrait shots I do on the move. I wish it had a rubber foot at its base or the ability to screw in the rubber foot off the monopod so when I’m carrying it and placing it on the ground it had a softer touchdown. That’s. A minor quibble and for its compact size and portability it’s brilliant!

How could this go wrong? I'm utterly shocked that the designers and engineers would ever miss this critical issue! This is entirely unusable! You need to screw this into the bottom of the monopod at a clockwise rotation, but the tightening screw for the ball joint moves counter clockwise so when you're trying to screw it in at the base of the monopod, the ball joint unscrews itself forcing you to tighten it up and in doing so now it unscrews itself from the base... Other than that the quality of material is good, weight is good, it's nice and compact, sturdiness is questionable so I wouldn't trust this as much as a Manfrotto or Smallrig product. But compatibility with even their own monopod designs just isn't there. How can two things designed to work together, not work together?

perfect with stability and much need sturdiness takes the weight of my camera very well and value for money. Came well packed

Fits a manbily monopod. Because it’s universal. . Looks good. Doesn’t stay tightened to the monopod. Legs are not adjustable they have one wide setting. They fold down easily and quite small. They are quite heavy. They add a lot of height which is annoying if you are trying to keep things compact. They are good because if you don’t want to use them they are easy to store in your camera bag. Unscrew.

This item is as good as its limited aspirations allows. Construction looks to be good, using reasonable materials. The design however is lacking. The two main challenges when using this are 1) the legs are too short, offering limited stability. This is despite the legs on this item being longer than many of it's peers. There is no wish to use this as a faux tripod, i.e. leave the camera and lens mounted and then walk off. This is used with a monopod with me in attendance at all times. When I remove the camera and lens, even a small wind will blow the now free standing monopod over. 2) the screw into the monopod bottom is sufficiently long to make a good connection, but if you rotate the monopod whilst tracking or changing the target whilst in use (e.g. motorsport, wildlife, field events) there is a very strong possibility that the legs will completely unscrew whilst in use, meaning that your kit is vulnerable to being dropped. Even leaving the locking mechanism on the base slack to allow movement cannot negate it unscrewing. This appears to be a design fault of many legs of this design - do they all originate from the same factory but with different branding? Crazy thought, I know. The monopod mounting screw needs to be independent of the rest of the feet mechanism. Using a StediLens does help, but ......As a replacement, I now use a SIRUI Compact Mini Desktop Tripod. The arca swiss clamp on the ball is removed and a 1/4" to M6 (male to male) converter is screwed between the ball and the monopod. The legs extend to a good length, and all movement is now around the ball head between the legs and the monopod i.e. independent of any screw threads. This is suitable for use with a tilting monopod head. Alternatively, you can lock the ball head (to e.g. to hold the monopod vertically) and use a StediLens to allow movement in the lens position. I prefer the first approach (the tilting head) when walking short distances as the monopod and camera/lens are fixed together allowing the combo to be slung over a shoulder, whilst the StediLens is better for longer walks as the monopod and camera/lens can be carried independently of one another.

One star removed as feet are not adjustable, but great option to add a little stability to what is a perfect monopod

I have the mono pod which for the price is excellent so decided to get the tripod base. I've got to be honest I'm not exactly enthralled by it. I cannot see any means to tighten it to the base of the mono pod solidly and I do not like the locking situation if pod is on an angle. Then again can't grumble at the price so I'll give it the stars.

This is being used as the bit of kit that fits into most camera back and is always handy to have. It folds up quite small and is stable enough to support most DSLR camera and lens under approx 10cm length or anything smaller. Good for table top tripod.

gut und günstig, tut was es soll

Excellent quality, very heavy duty and well built.

Happy with that Good quality and thay all i say

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Buono ed economico Stabile, leggero e facile da usare