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photosbyjaron wrote:
I sense that you don't believe me. I'm not insulting your tripod or trying to make a sales pitch. I own a number of Leofoto products and am pleased with them all. The LB-60 is in my opinion the best leveling base on the market dollar for dollar, and I wish their VH-30 pan head had come out before I spent $400+ on my Acratech pano head. Leofoto makes excellent products.
I don't think saying "risen dramatically" to describe a 25% price increase over 9 months on their most popular tripods is embellishing anything. I have a spreadsheet of their Summer 2020 prices because I was tripod searching last summer and created an excel sheet comparing the weight, height, and prices of the various tripods under consideration, including Leofoto, FLM, and RRS tripods.
The following are prices for all of the tripods I was considering as of June 2020:
FLM CP30 L4 II $460
FLM CP30 M5 $495
LS-365CEX $465
LS-324CEX $360
RRS TFC-24L $985
LS-365C $279
LS-323 $280
LS-284C (with ballhead) $280
The LS-365CEX is now $580, the LS-324CEX is now $450, the LS-365C is $350, the LS-284C w/LH-30 is $350 (Amazon). The LS-323 is the only one that has remained at last summer's price of $280. I'm sure Leofoto was trying to increase their presence in the market last summer, which is why they offered such good coupons driving their prices down, but the point remains that Leofoto's prices dramatically increased since June 2020. (about 25%). The increase also applies to a lesser extent to many of their other products as well, when I added their BV-10 to my Amazon wishlist last summer, it was $170. It now usually clings in at $199 except for the occasional coupon.
Circa Summer 2020, Leofoto was unquestionably the best value on the market, bar none. You could get a LS-324CEX for a mere $360. My point is simply that I don't think they are the best value anymore dollar for dollar. They are still one of the best, but whereas last summer there was no question, now I think FLM takes the lead, albeit only slightly.
Regarding the LS224C, it doesn't meet the OP's criteria of rated for 22lbs (13.23lbs), so I didn't see the need to address it, and the LS-284 weighs as much as his Feisol 3441s, so I didn't see the need to reference that either. My underlying point is that there are very few, if any, tripods that meet OP's criteria of being ~2lbs and rated at ~22lbs. Once you go up to 3lbs, there are a lot more options, but they are also as heavy as the 3441S that OP doesn't love.
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Let's get it straight.... though "I" own a Leofoto tripod, I'm hardly a spokesperson for them nor do I gain anything from saying I like the tripod I have.
That said, I don't care what tripod the OP gets, I'm just posting on the FUD you posted on prices. Outside of that your opinions are yours.
And when I bought my tripod in September, those prices you listed were pretty much the same then, and I doubt they jumped that high from June, but "even" if they did, they're still cheaper than your listed FLM tripod!
Peace 😎
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