CU 52501 Nanomax 250 Tripod with 3-Way QR Head (Black)

I was looking around for an inexpensive, all-purpose tripod, and having a difficult time picking from among the many choices. A colleague recommended I look into Cullmann. It was a bit more than I wanted to spend for a "cheap" tripod, but I entertained the curiosity nonetheless.Some research revealed that Cullmann makes nice stuff. It's not the generic, rebranded crap that you see in the $20-$50 range (Slik, Velbon, et cetera, et cetera).So, having settled on the brand, I was leaning toward the 220 model, but its maximum deployed height isn't very tall, and I'm not fond of the head...so I went with the 250.I've been using it for about three months now. I've shot video with it using a a Sony PD-150 (3.5 lbs), and have used it extensively with a Sony DSC-H20 for stills. It's forte is stills, to be sure, but it's more than serviceable for video, especially for places where you can't fit/carry/etc a larger tripod. The macro feature is a nice bonus, and it works well as a mono-pod for those situations when you need one.All in all, highly recommended. The best tripod in this price bracket, in my opinion.

Light weight, many adjusts and cheap. Very good.

I was looking for a travel tripod and I thought this was it. The description shows 11.4 x 2 and 2.3 pounds. It turns out to be 18 x 3 and 2.7 pounds. I already have a tripod that size that won't fit into my travel backpack. I ordered this item on Saturday but it didn't arrive until Wednesday. It should have been delivered in 2 business days (prime membership). That's a long time to wait for an incorrect item and I'm running out of time to find a different travel tripod for my vacation.

I agree with a lot of the favorable description of this product. The Cullmann Nanomax 250 was just the right size for traveling when I want to use my big pack's detachable daypack for walking around. Collapsed, it fit, but it fit by a narrow enough margin that it gave me a good amount of height in use. It worked smoothly. It lasted long enough to make it through my initial tests and to get most of the way through the first day of my trip. Then a leg locking clip just fell apart and could not be reassembled. Fortunately I was not anywhere very exotic, and I got a good SLIK tripod from a camera store the next day.Maybe a good sample would do better. I wouldn't risk it. I think one star is fair since this kind of unreliability makes the good features worthless.Cullmann offers a ten year guaranty on this product. Since the cullmann.de website shows no U.S.A. address for service, the guaranty was as useful to me when I got home as it was to me when trying to take a picture with the falling-apart tripod.As a matter of principle, I sent the tripod to Cullmann in Langenzenn for warranty service. It cost me $24.50 in postage. They have repaired it. The package they sent me has 16.90 [Euros?] worth of Germany stamps on it. It looks very good. However, unreliable is unreliable, and I have other tripods, so I will probably give it to my coworker.