I considered swapping the Manfrotto ball head from my other tripod as it has the grip handle on the back which is easily accessible, but it feels like I'm going to lose the weight advantage. So I probably wouldn't have bought this had I known how inconveniently placed all the control/grip handles were, but then again, I like the weight savings. WEEKS LATER: After using this tripod for a while, I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating." because it has the grip handle on the back, easily accessible, but It's like I'm going to lose the weight advantage. So I probably wouldn't have bought this had I known how inconveniently placed all the control/grip handles were, but then again, I like the weight savings. WEEKS LATER: After using this tripod for a while, I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating." because it has the grip handle on the back, easily accessible, but It's like I'm going to lose the weight advantage. So I probably wouldn't have bought this had I known how inconveniently placed all the control/grip handles were, but then again, I like the weight savings. WEEKS LATER: After using this tripod for a while, I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating." I probably wouldn't have bought this if I'd known how inconveniently placed all the control/grip handles were, but then again, I like the weight savings. WEEKS LATER: After using this tripod for a while, I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating." I probably wouldn't have bought this if I'd known how inconveniently placed all the control/grip handles were, but then again, I like the weight savings. WEEKS LATER: After using this tripod for a while, I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating." I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating." I'm getting used to avoiding the design issues that caused the interference. However, as a product designer myself, I recognize that “workaround” should not be in design engineers' vocabulary. K&F reached out to me and told me they discussed the design issues with the team. As a result, I added a star to the rating."