the legs of the Peak travel tripod were the weakest link which looks like they've improved upon here. based on their literature it does appear you can take the center post apart to get it lower to the ground in low-mode.
The tripod is very interesting, super glad to see removable spikes (and not integrated!). The last section is never the weakest part, as it almost has no bending/srewing stresses according to load diagrams.
Ulanzi is not true arca swiss. These ulanzi plates can go to other heads, but other plates cannot go on this head, even when the little screws are removed. My experiences have told me only go to real arca swiss. They meant professional design and makes life much easier. I have a couple of none arca swiss tripods laying around and plates are missing. I'm willing to pay a few hundred more for true arca swiss.
Does your copy have some play in the mounting plate? I bought one of these and it's solid, except that the mounting plate rocks back and forth. I'm not sure if it's a design flaw or I just have a bad copy.
I have just purchased this tripod. The weakest link (for me) is the Arca-Swiss Plate supplied. There is a raised line down one edge which marked the base of my Leica when I screwed it on to the camera. I have replaced it with another brand and problem solved. Care when collapsing the legs. I pinched my fingers and they bled on the sharp edges .Overall it is brilliant and I am very happy. It seems very stable and is light weight.
the supplied arca plate is always not great. I always use a individually purchased plate. Smallrig has a good one which has double screws for more support and does well with telephoto lens. :)
LOL. How is it "exactly" the same? The legs and the ball-head are totally different. You think it is "exactly" the same because it is black in color and has 3 legs? 🤣
@@NikhilShahi Feel free to troll elsewhere. I said what I said, keyword here being “almost”. You pretty much copied and pasted this same reply to multiple people here. Ulanzi isn’t paying you to stick up for them.
@@carringtonvisuals2983 LOL @ troll. So you, like the others, cannot validate your allegation that this tripod is a copy of the PD. Thanks for the laugh.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
LOL. How is it an "exact copy" the same? The legs and the ball-head are totally different. You think it is "exactly" the same because it is black in color and has 3 legs?
the legs of the Peak travel tripod were the weakest link which looks like they've improved upon here. based on their literature it does appear you can take the center post apart to get it lower to the ground in low-mode.
Copied Peak Designs homework lol
Definitely, looks like the legs on this are a bit better though, so at least a marginal upgrade.
Which I’m so glad about because their changing of the typical tripod plate is so ridiculous. I never bought it because I could use an L-Plate.
@@paddington2063 Good point!
+ RRS Ascend
LOL. How did they copy PD? The legs and the ball-head are totally different. The level of ignorance in some comments on here is just insane.
The tripod is very interesting, super glad to see removable spikes (and not integrated!). The last section is never the weakest part, as it almost has no bending/srewing stresses according to load diagrams.
Peak should be afraid
Oh!!! This news already made my back feel relaxed!
Sweet new gears on the way
Ulanzi is not true arca swiss. These ulanzi plates can go to other heads, but other plates cannot go on this head, even when the little screws are removed. My experiences have told me only go to real arca swiss. They meant professional design and makes life much easier. I have a couple of none arca swiss tripods laying around and plates are missing. I'm willing to pay a few hundred more for true arca swiss.
Does your copy have some play in the mounting plate? I bought one of these and it's solid, except that the mounting plate rocks back and forth. I'm not sure if it's a design flaw or I just have a bad copy.
Thanks for the great review, but I'm confused, is the ballhead playload 18kg or 3kg? Because if you look at the manual book, it's 3kg
The center column can be divided so you can reach further down with the camera.
Can you buy the ball head separately?
so they finally won their legal battle with peak design? ;)
This is such a beautiful tripod. I love it.
I have just purchased this tripod. The weakest link (for me) is the Arca-Swiss Plate supplied. There is a raised line down one edge which marked the base of my Leica when I screwed it on to the camera. I have replaced it with another brand and problem solved. Care when collapsing the legs. I pinched my fingers and they bled on the sharp edges .Overall it is brilliant and I am very happy. It seems very stable and is light weight.
Thank you Bernard for sharing your experience with us. Nothing beats fieldwork with a product.
the supplied arca plate is always not great. I always use a individually purchased plate. Smallrig has a good one which has double screws for more support and does well with telephoto lens. :)
If you’re gonna clone, at least make it cheap
How is it a clone? The legs and the ball-head are totally different. And it is almost half the price.
This looks almost exactly like peak design’s travel tripod minus some differences with the way the plate attaches.
LOL. How is it "exactly" the same? The legs and the ball-head are totally different. You think it is "exactly" the same because it is black in color and has 3 legs? 🤣
@@NikhilShahi Feel free to troll elsewhere. I said what I said, keyword here being “almost”. You pretty much copied and pasted this same reply to multiple people here. Ulanzi isn’t paying you to stick up for them.
@@carringtonvisuals2983 LOL @ troll. So you, like the others, cannot validate your allegation that this tripod is a copy of the PD. Thanks for the laugh.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
I kind of agree. They are different. I guess almost the same in that they have 3 legs.
1.5kg... not for me. Too heavy. Travel to me means under 500g, but that's me.
1.1kg not 1.5
@@victorlolo2008 Thank you for correction... still too heavy for me. I admit what I'd like is probably unattainable.
500g might be possible but it wouldn't be very sturdy. Some kind of plastic maybe.
500g is table tripod class only. normal height tripods are useless under 1kg. I travel with 1.8kg+200gr ball head.
Use drone then. No tripod required
can you say exact copy of peak design. By "next level" you mean we copied Peak Design
Isn't the profile of the Peak Design legs completely different? They don't use telescopic legs
Repair your glass. They might look the same but totally different. By using your logic, isn't every tripod just a copy of others?
@@04_ruizatanedy24 my glasses work just fine.
LOL. How is it an "exact copy" the same? The legs and the ball-head are totally different. You think it is "exactly" the same because it is black in color and has 3 legs?