Deal:
Wex are offering £40 off the Manfrotto Befree One in red only. This is the cheapest I have found the product online. It's a new product (not to be confused with the original Manfrotto Befree) not many retailers are stocking it yet, but those who are, are selling it at full price.
How To Get Price:
Enter voucher code '40BEFREE' at the checkout to receive discount.
1.1 This voucher code applies to the Manfrotto Befree One Travel Tripod - Red.
1.2 This promotion runs from runs from 24th December 2015 to 20th January 2016.
Blurb:
Introducing the ultimate travel support system for hobbyists and professionals, the Manfrotto Befree One Travel tripod expands the Befree range as the most compact, carry-anywhere tripod. Extremely portable (32cm folded) and lightweight (1.3kg), yet sturdy and intuitive to use, the Befree One comes equipped with a ball head and strong aluminium legs that will extend up to 130cm and safely hold a DSLR or CSC weighing no more than 2.5kg. Available in three stylish colours - red, grey and black.
P.S. My first deal post, hope I've done it all OK.
You can get one for £65 but slow Chinese mail vs the £90 from Amazon prime - but I've seen that going as low as £75.
After looking at the height of this, and the review above, I am leaning for the Chinese carbon...
_DZ_
30 Dec 151#14
I have this and a Chinese carbon one from amazon.
I have to say this tripod gets used as a backup for me as I am 6"2 and this only extends to 130 cms (Chinese carbon one extends to 155 cms) which is very below eye-level for me so a deal breaker to be hunched over all of the time then shooting with it. This is heavier and bulkier than the Amazon carbon alternatives and is the same in terms of sturdiness and I much prefer the Chinese head to this. Add on the fact that you can use the carbon one as a mono-pod and invert it then this get left at home a lot or used as a light-stand.
To answer you question about what weight it can take. I have a Canon 7Dmk2 and I have put my Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 on there with the 7D body so thats just under 5KG's and it was fine, however this was using a collar on the lens so the weight was over the middle of the tripod. I wouldn't have all of that weight out in front as its not stable enough IMO for that.
I am sure the metal construction will take more of a beating than the carbon one from china, however I value portability and versatility over being more resilient to damage from side impacts.
Hope this helps someone.
DZ.
woldranger to _DZ_
30 Dec 15#15
I'm intrigued about the Chinese one, any chance you could post a link please?
Chick21
30 Dec 15#13
Any reviews on this with a DSLR weight?
dpanch_89 to Chick21
30 Dec 152#18
I have just spent a month travelling around South India with the non-red version of this BeFree tripod (build is exactly the same, just different colour), and it is great! I used a Nikon D7100 with battery grip and a tokina 11-16mm f2.8 wideangle lens and also sigma 17-50mm f2.8, both not light lenses. But it won't be good for a large telephoto lens as the ballhead is not rated for more than about 5kgs. But as a compact travel tripod it is quite sturdy and very portable. I would definitely reccomend it.
suduck68
29 Dec 15#11
decent German engineering, heat
stuartbaker80
29 Dec 15#8
Ordered! Cheers OP
BlueF30 to stuartbaker80
29 Dec 15#9
Glad I could help someone out :smiley:
neal
29 Dec 15#7
Simon Wallace to neal
29 Dec 151#10
You really confused me there. I thought that was one photo :smile:
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seejaythinks
29 Dec 15#6
Very good deal for a branded make, I was tempted by the Chinese Carbon or the Amazon's version which hovers around £70. This makes it so tempting!
szferke to seejaythinks
30 Dec 15#12
Could you please post the link of the Chinese carbon one? Thanks
sradmad
29 Dec 15#5
good find op, heat
iffy1234
29 Dec 15#4
Heated for first post. I really need to find a good value horizontal tripod
Blasphemous
29 Dec 15#3
Hot from me.
BlueF30
29 Dec 15#2
Cheers for that.
andywedge
29 Dec 15#1
Thanks for posting. I’ve added the price and merchant to the title.
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Wex are offering £40 off the Manfrotto Befree One in red only. This is the cheapest I have found the product online. It's a new product (not to be confused with the original Manfrotto Befree) not many retailers are stocking it yet, but those who are, are selling it at full price.
How To Get Price:
Enter voucher code '40BEFREE' at the checkout to receive discount.
1.1 This voucher code applies to the Manfrotto Befree One Travel Tripod - Red.
1.2 This promotion runs from runs from 24th December 2015 to 20th January 2016.
Blurb:
Introducing the ultimate travel support system for hobbyists and professionals, the Manfrotto Befree One Travel tripod expands the Befree range as the most compact, carry-anywhere tripod. Extremely portable (32cm folded) and lightweight (1.3kg), yet sturdy and intuitive to use, the Befree One comes equipped with a ball head and strong aluminium legs that will extend up to 130cm and safely hold a DSLR or CSC weighing no more than 2.5kg. Available in three stylish colours - red, grey and black.
P.S. My first deal post, hope I've done it all OK.
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You can get one for £65 but slow Chinese mail vs the £90 from Amazon prime - but I've seen that going as low as £75.
After looking at the height of this, and the review above, I am leaning for the Chinese carbon...
I have to say this tripod gets used as a backup for me as I am 6"2 and this only extends to 130 cms (Chinese carbon one extends to 155 cms) which is very below eye-level for me so a deal breaker to be hunched over all of the time then shooting with it. This is heavier and bulkier than the Amazon carbon alternatives and is the same in terms of sturdiness and I much prefer the Chinese head to this. Add on the fact that you can use the carbon one as a mono-pod and invert it then this get left at home a lot or used as a light-stand.
To answer you question about what weight it can take. I have a Canon 7Dmk2 and I have put my Sigma 120-300 f/2.8 on there with the 7D body so thats just under 5KG's and it was fine, however this was using a collar on the lens so the weight was over the middle of the tripod. I wouldn't have all of that weight out in front as its not stable enough IMO for that.
I am sure the metal construction will take more of a beating than the carbon one from china, however I value portability and versatility over being more resilient to damage from side impacts.
Hope this helps someone.
DZ.
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