The tripod is amazingly light and weighs in at an impressive 1.6kg. It also folds down to the compact size of 40.5cm and is easily carried on the back of my Lowe Pro Flipside 400AW with no problems. Again the Benro seems to be feature packed at this price and has a level located in the top of the tripod as well as a small compass.

The tripod legs can be angled out in three positions. A tab is pulled at the top of each leg that butts up against a ridge, the further out the tab is pulled decides which ridge is selected. This allows the tripod to get very low, ideal for macro photography, although this is tempered by the fact that the center column gets in the way. This issue can be overcome by unscrewing the hook (for adding weight, another feature!) at the bottom of the column and then removing it and inverting the column. This leaves the ball head between the legs, its a bit fiddly to do but does work.