Peak Design’s iPhone tripod is a strong, well-designed aluminum body that folds right into a credit score card-sized form. You’re paying a premium for the construct design and high quality, with a tiny hex key even constructed into the tripod legs for tightening them, if wanted.
With a strong micro-ball head, you possibly can modify the angle of your iPhone whereas it’s in tripod mode. Higher nonetheless, it may possibly firmly connect, magnetically, to the telephone in each vertical and horizontal orientations. This makes it a superb stand to your telephone even while you’re not attempting to shoot video or photographs.
You additionally don’t have to shell out for a Peak Design case to make sure it really works, though it does really feel extra solidly related in case you do. Any MagSafe iPhone locks onto the peripheral, sustaining a strong maintain on this cell tripod whether or not in use or folded away.
There are many extra reasonably priced MagSafe telephone stands, similar to Moft’s Snap-On Stand and Wallet, which props up your iPhone whereas holding a number of bank cards, Anker’s MagGo phone grip, and the now-ubiquitous PopSockets. Whereas MagSafe equipment like these are handy, they received’t be as sturdy as one thing securely snapped onto your smartphone or a smartphone case. The entire MagSafe stands, wallets, chargers, and different equipment I’ve tried ultimately fell off if I utilized sufficient pressure. Nevertheless, there’s no sticky residue or the necessity to use a particular case with Peak Design’s tripod. — Mat Smith, UK Bureau Chief
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