Hey everybody, my name is Tom and today we are gonna be taking a look at a
rather unique tripod quite a while back I was sent another unit from the same
company same product just a little bit smaller I'm talking about the octopus
camera octopod the original unit was a little bit smaller you can see it right
here I use it quite a bit with my mobile phone but this video is all about the
unboxing so let's open this guy up and take a closer look at what we got okay
guys so here we are as you can see octopod XL it's a wide footprint support
base I call it a tripod because let's be honest it's a tripod this is the smaller
guy right here let me take off the selfie stick and show you it actually
doesn't look that much bigger but let me assure you it definitely is I'm actually
excited about this guy as I mentioned it's my priority mobile phone tripod I
love using this guy to make tick-tocks it's nice little screw right on the
bottom if you want you can put on a ball head and it's it's super sturdy I love
it I can only imagine that this guy is going to be that much better so as you
can see the packaging is just plastic clear nothing nothing crazy much like
this bottle right here it does include a removable ball head and it shows you a
couple things like won't tip won't lose suction won't collapse either shots at
all the other tripod companies out there so let's open this guy up and take a
peek I can't be the only person that dislikes packages like this but here we
are so inside of our package we have our octo pad we have our removable ball head
and we have some instructions basic instructions telling us don't overload
the octo pad be careful if it does slip using a vehicle caring for the octopod
counterbalance information great so as you guys can see this one is branded
octo pad XL by octopus cameras out of New York USA this guy right here you can
now see it's significantly smaller probably comparable by the base we have
to remove
this is just a paper significantly more surface area on this guy
it's nice it's still that non-slip pad really really cool it's actually the
same ball head as well I've gotten a lot of use out of this guy it works really
well for it not being a super fancy ball head tightens really really good and
does not slip it's actually pretty quality we're gonna kick this guy out
for a second and just take a look at the main octo pad XL though much like it's
little brother it has a cable management flap that velcro's down right up here
there isn't a carabiner hole like there is on a little brother which I quite a
bit actually to hook to a bag or if I if I'm kind of over packed it was it was
nice to be able to hook it to something it's also got a little flat for octopus
cameras right there and that's it this guy is hefty for sure so let's weigh him
guy comes in at 2 pounds 1.1 ounces he's a big boy
the little brother comes in at one pound nine point four ounces the octo pad is
nearly seven and a half inches across always because circle that's quite big
impressive and stands only about an inch and a quarter wide I really do think a
tripod like this is ideal for somebody that does mobile creating with a cell
phone selfie stick because it's so low profile
I will say that if you do decide to buy this and you do want it to be a primary
for something like a DSLR or a more heavy camera I highly suggest looking
into a more quality ball head if you do decide to use a third party or another
company's ball head do know that you might need and adapt
as the octopod has a standard 1/4 20 bolt on the bottom so that's what this
guy is on both of them but once on there it is wonderful if you guys look closely
you'll see that the actual bolt is kind of propped up by maybe a quarter inch
riser right here even when I'm using say a selfie stick that screws into the bolt
I have noticed that there's a little bit a little bit of wobble it's just
something to take in a consideration if you are definitely going to be using
this as a primary tripod but that's gonna wrap us unboxing this octopus
camera octopod XL whoo that was a mouthful if you guys want a more
in-depth look at the octopus camera octopod lineup be sure to watch this
video right here and if you haven't already be sure to subscribe for more
tech you actually use reviews unboxings and overviews I'm Tom thank you guys
I'll see you in the next one peace