BENRO TRCB068 Travel Angel TRCB

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Price: $363.01   

Product Feature

• Removable rubber and stainless steel spike feet provide a secure grip both indoors and outdoors
• Anti-twist leg sections and a grooved center column make setup and breakdown quick and easy
• Dust and water-resistant leg lock design prevents dust or moisture from entering the interior of the leg twist-locks.
• The matching ballhead has three independent locking knobs to separately control general positioning, panning, and friction control
• Offers two leg-angle settings to accommodate uneven terrain or awkward shooting situations

Product Description

The Benro TRCB068 Travel Angel Carbon Fiber Tripod with B-00 Ballhead is a sturdy, high-quality tripod that uses 8 layer, 2nd generation carbon fiber technology for its leg construction. This 8x tubing is 60% stronger overall than conventional carbon fiber tripods. In addition, magnesium is used for die-cast parts. Despite its lower weight, magnesium is more rigid than aluminum, and has the same strength per volume. Travel Angel tripods are easy-to-carry so you � ll want them with you at all times. Travel Angel s unique 180 degree foldover design allows them to be folded into a compact package that can easily fit into backpacks or luggage. However, when you need quick setup, excellent maximum height and a rigid, stable support, Benro Travel Angels are impressive performers Travel Angel tripods feature individual leg angle adjustments, anti-rotation leg design, a reversible center column with spring loaded weight hook, anti dust and moisture rubber leg lock grips, and reversible 1/4"-20 to 3/8" mounting threads. LEG SECTIONS 4 MAXIMUM HEIGHT 53 NORMAL HEIGHT 45.1 FOLDED HEIGHT 14.2 LOAD CAPACITY 13.2

BENRO TRCB068 Travel Angel TRCB Review

1. First of all, whether one like this tripod or has beefs with it is going to be whether or not they accept the "law" that no one tripod is going to do the job for all situations. I'm in the camp that you're going to need several tripods; I currently use the Gitzo Carbon Fiber Mountaineer Series, which is my main tripod and an excellent tripod (ie I view this is the gold standard of tripods; it's crazy expensive but well worth it). I also have the Gorillapod (the big one... I forgot the model) for true compact / table top use. Over the years, I've owned various Bogen / Manfrotto tripods etc...

2. With the above disclaimer stated, this is an excellent compact tripod (not table top size), best utilized (at least for me) on trips where I have to fly and need to pack as light as possible. Here are some brief pros / cons:
* It's made well enough; ie seems to be fairly solid, but it is not as well made as the Gitzo carbon fiber tripods. The overall feel (and this is a real thing) is more overtly solid with the Gitzo. With that being said, again, the Benro is made decently enough that you have confidence in it etc...
* It's compact: basically what you see in the video is what you get--> the ability to fold up the tripod in a fairly small package. For those of you who are put off with the notion of having to fold / open / do this / that each time you want to utilize the tripod etc... Don't worry about it, because I would suggest once you are in the field, just open up the tripod one time (to the traditional orientation) and then keep it that way until you need to really pack it up (hopefully that made sense).
* The overall stability: Again, good enough. There's always going to be that magic balance in which you want the most compact tripod that'll give you "enough" stability for the job. If you want more stability, you'll have to get a heavier tripod. I would suggest however that the Benro specs on the load capacity is way too liberal, compared to the specs that Gitzo give's its tripods. This Benro is rated to hold a heavier load than my Gitzo but there is no way that is true; in fact the opposite is more in line with reality. But again, for "moderate" loads, this tripod will do fine. ie, I wouldn't put a 80-200mm 2.8, doing night astro photography etc... However, it should be able to handle all APS-C DSLRs and perhaps full frame DSLRs with modest lens (24-70mm 2.8 might be pushing it etc...).
* The overall stability and the ballhead: When one talks about stability one definitely needs to take into account the head, ballhead in this case. This ballhead is really fairly decent. It is an arcaswiss compatible design and again, I was impressed with this ballhead. But one needs to realize that it's a fairly compact / small ballhead. Thus, there is going to be serious challenges when trying to hold up (ie at an angle) even APS-C DSLR with any decent sized fixed apeture zoom. Furthermore, one needs to realize that inorder to invert this tripod, you need to use a compact ball head inorder for the legs to close properly (or if you decide to use a bigger head, just take it off the tripod when folding up for travel). Anyway, if you need to put on a decent load, the one should definitely consider putting on a bigger head (ex: I use the acratech, or the medium sized really right stuff head)--> but... if you use the bigger ballheads, as noted already, you'll have to take it off when folding up the tripod for travel (no big deal). You should also be aware that this compact tripod doesn't have a proper large "base" for the larger ballheads to rest. I'm going to assume that Benro could sell you one to put on the this tripod.
UPDATED Info: After a short trek to Rainier, I still stand by my overall comments regarding the tripod and ballhead. But in regards to the ballhead, it is a decent ballhead when using moderate loads and for nontechnical work. But when one needs to use a head for technical work, you'll need to attach a more quality ballhead (ex acratech, really right stuff etc...). The reason I have modified my thoughts are that when you tighten the ballhead, the head does not lock specifically where you intend it to. There is some amount of... creep when you really lock it down. I do panoramic work and thus can easily tell the above via the bubble level on my panohead. When I use the above Benro Ballhead, even though I have the bubble level centered, when you lock it down, the level will drift. However, when I use my Acratech ballhead, I do not notice this kind of drift or creep etc...

3. Sorry for the long ramble; in summary a very good compact / travel tripod. It's made good enough, the specs are good enough, it works well, it's compact, the ballhead is good enough for the purposes and certainly the prices is much much better than the crazy prices of the Gitzo Traveler line. Highly recommended... again, for specific uses when a compact tripod is required.

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