Alright, so today we're here to talk about the Zomei Q555. Zomei Q555...
Zomei Q555.
This tripod, right here.
This tripod is lightweight.
It is 2.9 pounds and I believe that is including the ball head that comes on it.
Without the ball head it's just ridiculously light, maybe a pound.
My goal in getting a tripod, in buying this tripod, was to find a travel tripod.
A lightweight travel tripod that I could bring on hikes like these, coming four and a half
miles plus.
I wanted something that was definitely light, that I could definitely easily bring with
me on these hikes and I didn't want to pay ridiculous prices.
Sorry Manfrotto, your travel tripod is just too expensive.
So, I got the Zomei Q555 lightweight travel tripod.
So when I was looking for a tripod, I was looking for a few things.
I was looking for some that could completely invert.
Legs could completely invert, like so, because I find that these tripods that have invertable
legs can, can compact down to a smaller size.
This is only 17.5 inches when it is all folded up and it fits in a small carrying case.
That's about an 18 inch carrying case.
Or you can put it on the back of your bag like I do and it really doesn't weigh you
down at all.
I take the ball head off and I put it in my bag and the tripod hangs off the back.
I barely feel it there.
Not only was I looking for a lightweight, easy to carry, invertable leg tripod.
I needed this tripod to also be strong.
I needed it to be able to not only have my, have this ball head on it, with my camera
and microphone and to be able to maneuver easily.
I also needed it to be able to hold my Manfrotto 502 fluid motion video head.
That's a pretty heavy head, if you're not familiar with it, it's about a 5 pound head,
so it's definitely got some weight to it and this tripod does the job and it does it with
no real issues.
The legs do flex a little bit, but all in all it works perfectly when I'm spinning the
fluid motion head this tripod holds up to the task and doesn't shake all over the place.
And if it did, I also have the option of hanging my bag or something off of this to stabilize
the tripod even more.
So it can handle that turning of the fluid motion head even easier.
Also, because I do mostly video, I wanted my tripod to be able to be pretty tall.
So, I wanted it to be able to be around my eye level because when you're filming, you
want your tripod to be at about eye level.
You want it to be as if someones talking to you.
So, that's what I was looking for and this tripod goes to a maximum of 62 inches.
Which isn't quite eye level, but if I take this, and I move this up, then it can be eye
level just fine.Even at the lowest setting, if I am using my Manfrotto 502b video head,
it sits about this much higher, which puts it at about eye level when I am using it.
Which is perfect, just what I'm looking for.
A lot of the lighter weight travel tripods only go to say 52 inches or even 57 inches.
This one's 62.
So it's definitely not bad.
And you're talking about a 70 dollar price range, so you have to take that into consideration.
I think this tripod holds up extremely well to it's competitors, even for being a cheaper
tripod.
The last thing I'm looking at when I was looking for a tripod was I wanted it to have a decent
ball head.
I had a fluid motion tripod head, but I wanted a good ball head for when I'm doing photography.
For such a cheap tripod, for a 70 dollar tripod, this ball head is actually extremely good.
I haven't had any issues with it.
It locks down very well, it's very secure.
I haven't had any problems.
It can rotate, pan, for good panorama shots or video.
So now the down sides.
So the downsides of this tripod that I've noticed so far, which isn't many, especially
for the price point.
These clasps.
These don't feel like they are sturdy.
So they haven't given me any issues yet, and I'm hoping that they don't ever.
These clips are made out of plastic, but they've been locking into place fine.
So I haven't had any issues yet with them but I assume at some point I will have an
issue with them.
This is a lightweight aluminum travel tripod so you can't expect it to be the most stable
tripod in the world and it's not.
So once it's in place.
So once this tripod is in place, it's pretty sturdy.
It's not, it's not going anywhere.
I haven't gotten any shakyness from wind or anything like that.
It's definitely not the most sturdy tripod on planet earth being a lightweight aluminum
tripod extended to the maximum length.
Depending on how much weight you have on the top of here, the legs can bow a little bit,
especially if you have them on the outward position, like that.
If they're going further out, like so, it's going to bend a little more.
That's just bound to happen with a lightweight travel, aluminum lightweight travel tripod,
aluminum lightweight travel tripod.
Like I said, haven't had any stability issues yet.
Even with my 502B head that I have for it.
So, all in all, the good, it's light, it's definitely light, it's 2.9 pounds.
Super light.
The ball head's been super good so far, I haven't had any issues with it.
Like I said, I've been using it pretty often.
Like almost daily for a month now and no issues with that.
Legs can bow a little bit, clips seem a little bit weak, but all in all it is a light, awesome,
travel tripod that is amazing for the price.
It's the best deal that I found, for 70 dollars.
Honestly, I was looking at tripods that were 200+.
Travel tripods are super expensive, so to find one that's 70 dollars and that does the
job, and does it well.
You can't beat that, so the zoma, zomy, Zomei.
I don't know.
I don't know how to pronounce the name still.
But it's the Q555 lightweight travel tripod.
I definitely recommend it.
I think that it is one of the best budget tripods out there.
I did a lot of research prior to purchasing this one.
I don't have anything to really complain about.
I will keep you updated though.
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