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+1 to MeFoto. I have the RoadTrip carbon and so far, it's been great.
The tripod has two main flaws for me:
1. Manufacturing flaw with my copy: the grips on the uppermost leg sections slip when you torque them after the legs are fully tightened. It's annoying because you lose valuable feedback about when the leg is completely tightened. I believe this is a flaw with my copy of the tripod as I've heard one other reviewer mentioned this. He exchanged the tripod (via Amazon as he still was within return period) and the new copy did not have the problem. I contacted MeFoto support and they were not particularly helpful, responding with a terse "mail the tripod to our service center at x address." ...Ok? So I just send my tripod in with no documentation, explanation of the problem, or some kind of service request ID? No.
2. Converting the leg to a monopod is done by simply unscrewing the leg from the main attachmen tpoint on the uppermost leg section. What's the problem with this? Well, when you torque the grip to loosen the leg for expansion, it's possible to simultaneously unscrew the leg from its main attachment point. Kind of annoying - I wish there was some sort of separate lock or something. I quickly learned to handle the tripod in a different way to mitigate this (hold onto the tripod leg below the main attachment point when torquing the grip).
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