I am very much into river photography in various towns and cities up and down the UK. London, of course, being one of my favourites! The real advantage of this tripod over my more traditional tripod has to be the possibility to pass the camera through the river railings for greater freedom, as opposed to working around the railings. At its maximum height, it’s mostly over the highest point of any obstruction, which it is ideal. Quality and build is really good.

Checked all my boxes and did not disappoint me. I am happy I spent a little more to get this unit.

I like the fact that it's waterproof, especially living in the UK where it mostly rains. It has many compartments and is not bulky. It's pretty slim.

Checked all my boxes and did not disappoint me. I am happy I spent a little more to get this unit.

I used for insurance roof inspections, and it worked great, even fully extended.

Not much to say other than I'm very happy with it.

I've accidentally found things I wasn't even looking for!

I found a roof leak by mistake.
When I looked around for poor insulation one day, I checked another day after it rained and happened to see a very small blue dot on the ceiling which disappeared the next day--it was a water leak in the roof.

I found a dysfunctional AC power outlet which was, for some reason, beaming out heat when it wasn't in use.

I've found that heat on my electronics don't radiate where I thought, so I've moved the small cooling fans to more effective places.

It seems sturdy enough, though I had to adapt my coop a bit - add some wood to move this out a little way so it would miss the roof. A bit more narrow than my other automatic door. The anti-pinch function works, it'll stop like a garage door and reopen if it encounters too much resistance. It will try again about a minute later.

My main problem - why put the USB charge port in the way of the door opening? Wouldn't along the side have been better?

Easy to install. It is under a metal roof out of the weather, so do not know how weatherproof it is. The control panel is easy to understand and easy to properly set. Currently using time of day for opening and closing the door. Have not yet tried to open and shut the door using daylight or darkness settings,,,
Definitely worth the money compared to the other options.