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2 hours ago, Strongy1 said:

Hi all, I'm very new to this and would like some advice.

What is a good 6 foot + tripod for use with a pair of celestron skymaster 20x80 binos in the region of £200.

Thanks in advance.

I use one of these with my Helios equivalent sized binoculars. Not too heavy and very stable and currently £129.  https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B088FQ2C8L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Review of the tripod here: https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/kf-concept-sa254t1-camera-tripod/  I have found you can use the transverse arm to give the binoculars steady, but the ball head at this angle will not prevent movement of the binoculars. You could remedy that my replacing the ball head. It does hold the binoculars fine when in the standard 'vertical' mode.

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7 hours ago, michael.h.f.wilkinson said:

I would go for a monopod. I really like my Benro MAD49A, which is plenty tall for me (I am just shy of 5'11"). It gives far more freedom of movement than a tripod

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I have a monopod for photography, but I find I get too much shake for my binoculars so prefer the tripod and 'hands free' approach. I'd really like a parallelogram mount at some point!

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On 21/12/2022 at 05:30, Strongy1 said:

Hi all, I'm very new to this and would like some advice.

What is a good 6 foot + tripod for use with a pair of celestron skymaster 20x80 binos in the region of £200.

Thanks in advance.

I got a Manfrotto 028 Tripod on ebay a few years back  and it goes to over 7ft  There's currently one on sale with about 15 hours remaining

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325465606999

I was lucky that there were two similar auctions going on at the same time with about 5 minutes between their closing time - the first went for considerably more than the second, and I was bidding on the second one so paid less than £75. 

As a tripod it's intended for Studio use, but works well outside - very solid and rather heavy as a result. 

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3 minutes ago, Gfamily said:

I got a Manfrotto 028 Tripod on ebay a few years back  and it goes to over 7ft  There's currently one on sale with about 15 hours remaining

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325465606999

I was lucky that there were two similar auctions going on at the same time with about 5 minutes between their closing time - the first went for considerably more than the second, and I was bidding on the second one so paid less than £75. 

As a tripod it's intended for Studio use, but works well outside - very solid and rather heavy as a result. 

Thanks for the heads up 👍

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15 hours ago, Shimrod said:

I have a monopod for photography, but I find I get too much shake for my binoculars so prefer the tripod and 'hands free' approach. I'd really like a parallelogram mount at some point!

I built one. It works nicely, but I don't use it that often, except for outreach

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On 21/12/2022 at 08:04, Shimrod said:

I use one of these with my Helios equivalent sized binoculars. Not too heavy and very stable and currently £129.  https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B088FQ2C8L/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Review of the tripod here: https://www.northlight-images.co.uk/kf-concept-sa254t1-camera-tripod/  I have found you can use the transverse arm to give the binoculars steady, but the ball head at this angle will not prevent movement of the binoculars. You could remedy that my replacing the ball head. It does hold the binoculars fine when in the standard 'vertical' mode.

I've just ordered one of these, great reviews, 

Thanks for all your help 👍

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On 22/12/2022 at 17:50, Gfamily said:

I got a Manfrotto 028 Tripod on ebay a few years back  and it goes to over 7ft  There's currently one on sale with about 15 hours remaining

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325465606999

I was lucky that there were two similar auctions going on at the same time with about 5 minutes between their closing time - the first went for considerably more than the second, and I was bidding on the second one so paid less than £75. 

As a tripod it's intended for Studio use, but works well outside - very solid and rather heavy as a result. 

I bought one of these a couple of years ago for about £65.  It works well with my 20x80s and is very stable.  Being aluminium it's not as heavy as it looks either.  If I'm going for a longer session, I'll get out my parallelogram but for a quick setup, it's a great tripod.  I also use it for my Star Adventurer.

EDIT:  I've just realised mine is a Manfrotto 075.  Doesn't change anything, much the same advice as above!

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23 hours ago, Strongy1 said:

This is what I went for in the end.. KF Concept SA254T1 tripod.

Very sturdy, very adjustable, just right for my needs 

 

Glad you like them, that's the same model I have. There are some good deals to be had if you step outside the main brands.

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