Title: Believe what you've read
Product review: What others have said here is true: the screw that tightens the ball head to the leg is too short. As a consequence it is impossible to tighten the tilt head all the way, and so your camera will flop around atop this monopod. The heavier your apparatus, the worse the problem will be.It's hard to see how this obvious defect got past the manufacturer. I've had this monopod for several years and made several unsuccessful attempts to fix the problem. Ultimately I simply super-glued the ball to the tilt head, which defeated the tilt feature (that never worked anyway), but at least it allowed for some functionality.I came here to see if Vanguard was still selling this piece of junk when I went back online to buy an add-on tilt head. Think I'll go with the Manfrotto 234. I could just get a whole new monopod, but I really want a good tilt head, and this appears to be the only way to be sure I'll get what I want--as long as the superglue holds (it will).
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