Peak Design is at it again! They’ve kicked off their 9th Kickstarter campaign and it is already a $1.7m success. Peak Design has designed a new Travel Tripod that is intended to revolutionize the tripod — it folds more compactly to minimize dead space and sets up and takes down faster.
In addition to the compact design, the travel tripod features a quick-attaching compact ball head, deployable center column knob, low-profile cam levers, single ring for total head adjustment, and a standard plate that is Arca Swiss compatible.
The Kickstarter campaign is the best way to save on a Peak Design product — save up to 20% vs. the future retail price, and be among the first to receive the new product. Pledging $289 gets you the aluminium Travel Tripod; $479 gets you the carbon fiber Travel Tripod, but only for a limited time. Check out their Kickstarter campaign today.
Too bad they didn’t include a spirit level.
Looks great. How long before the Chinese copycats show up for $99?
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3x Carbon Fiber. (-)
Lifetime warranty (+)
Hi. What do others in this community think are comparable products, and how do they compare for features/weight/price? Thanks!
There’s a nice comparison table at the bottom of the Kickstarter campaign page.
That ball head looks very interesting. And I like that you can keep the capture clip plate on the camera.
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I think incredibly savvy actually and proves they can think for themselves. If the market bears a Kickstarter, more power to them.
Rather than taking a loan or raising private debt or private equity, they pre fund production with orders. It’s interest and dilution free money. Millions of small business would love to have option this rather than have the overhang of a bank , bond holder or share holder. They have proven themselves 8 times over, so the market trusts them.
I like this new concept of the tripod. Interesting how they can make it so small and portable, yet, fully functional. The tripod head is one of a kind.