You want to know the history?
The founders of Benbo sold out to a big distributor, who proceeded to thin
the range, move production from UK to China, and cheapen the product. And go
into bankruptcy. The founders set up a new company in 1991 to refine the
original Benbo design in light of user experience, and recommenced
production in UK. That company appears to be Indian owned, according to
http://www.photoscala.de/2008/10/17/uni-loc-stative-in-zweiter-generation-ak
tualisiert/ (in German)
If you want the "real thing", get a Uni-Loc. Some friends swear by them.
Others swear at them :)
http://www.uniloctripod.com/UNI-LOC%20History.html - and note the 20th
century website design!
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus <olympus-bounces+piers.hemy=gmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of Moose
Sent: 07 June 2018 21:50
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Bagpipes [was A tale of too many tripods]
On 6/7/2018 10:06 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Jan's concern about it being no sturdier for studio work than his Benbo
Trekker is not mine.
> You complained about the lightweight aluminum vibrating, and having to
wait for vibrations to settle down.
--snip
> That's my experience with the Benbo Trekker, which appears to be identical
to your Uni-Loc as pictured.
>
> The Benbo #1 has 1" tubes, and none of that vibration, but I wouldn't want
to carry it very far!
That's the tricky thing with just looking at pix, especially if there is a
preliminary conclusion just waiting to be
confirmed. The tubes on the Uni-Lock S1700 are 25 mm, i.e., 99% of one inch
and probably then the same size as the Benbo
#1. What size are the Trekker's tubes?
--snip
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