It is a decent design but it was shipped to me with some serious flaws. There could be the possibility that the one I received was subjected to moisture and ended up with some corroded parts. Let me explain. When I received it I noticed that, after tightening the knob, the joints would not lock so I decided to pop the C clips out and disassemble the locking mechanism to find two 2" pins that were corroded and binding within the channel in the arms. I took some emery cloth and sanded the pins down made the smooth again and lubricated the pins. Now the pins move freely and the locking system works properly. There is also the possibility that the corrosion might be from the fact that the pin is steel and the arm is aluminum and the channel in the arm had too tight a fit so liberally sanding the pin made it correct diameter. If you get one that doesn't lock then try the repair (it only took 10 minutes or so)and you will have a good clamp at a reasonable price.
The clamp itself is strong and opens quite wide, yet it doesn't take many turns to open or close it.
One great thing is the flexible mounting options on both sides. You can mount the camera or the clamp on either side and you can easily swap genders with the included adapters so it can mount on top of or instead of your tripod or other gear.Why spend money on name branded items when you can purchase non-branded items for less than 70%???
If you want to pay for the 'Name Brand' go ahead, but you're just throwing money away!
This item works as well if not better than the name branded ones.
Times are rough, save money while you can!!!I have a few 7" LCD screens and these little clamps are perfect! The articulating arm along with the clamp allow me to use this on a tripod at different heights and they work great. Sometimes with cheaper equipment the arms will tend to sag under the weight of certain accessories, but these are holding up quite well with a 7" LCD on each one. These are great to have available! Definitely a must have!This device is not precisely made, but it works great once you apply a bit of mojo. It will hold, say, a flash in place at an otherwise hard to achieve orientation for a full shoot, which makes it an essential tool for my macro work. However, upon arrival the ball joints would not go through full rotation because the metal retaining clips were misaligned, that is, not completely seated in their grooves in the sockets. I used a small screwdriver to move the retaining clips back into their grooves. Also the device was cranky and creaky, but a few squirts of WD40 and about five minutes of workout got things going. The secret to using it is to apply a LOT of torque when you're tightening it up. But be careful about where and how you clamp it -for example, I'm leery of clamping it onto the legs of carbon fiber gear, and even on aluminum I apply the least force needed to keep it in place. If you use flash for macro, you will treasure the utility of this device.
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