Travel Tripod By Peak Design

A travel tripod that you can actually travel with.

Travel tripod by peak design. The travel tripod brings you pro level stability load capacity and deployed height yet packs down to the diameter of a water bottle. When its legs are closed the travel tripod has a similar footprint to an insulated canteen. The five section legs and the spindly looking center column don t inspire much confidence but once it s set up it feels as steady as a rock. Stable stiff 3rd party testing shows that the peak design travel tripod performs as well if not better than significantly bulkier tripods in its class.

The peak design tripod is seriously small. In order to minimize the folded size of the tripod it features 5 telescoping leg sections that have a unique cross sectional shape. A ground up redesign of the traditional tripod the travel tripod is the result of 4 years of engineering. Its compact size and low weight make it ideal for traveling backpacking and every day photography.

The peak design travel tripod will be available in both carbon fiber and aluminum variants weighing in at 1 27kg and 1 56kg respectively. Instead of using traditional cylindrical legs peak design sought to shape the leg in such a way that the centre column would be nested closely within the folded legs. Indeed peak design quotes a maximum payload of 20lb 9kg and there aren t many camera lens combinations that even approach that. The peak design travel tripod is slimmer than and weighs less than my large coffee thermos.

How did they do it. Peak design travel tripod review circular legs are out. Both tripods will support a maximum load of 9 1kg which. Price value carbon.

Regardless of whether you go for aluminum or carbon fiber you ll get the same amount of height. Spatially efficient design eliminates wasted volume when packed down. The peak design travel tripod is a great piece of photography gear. Pro level performance unmatched portability.