I have now been using the Feisol 3441 tripod for 3 weeks and it has made two round trip plane trips. It is a real delight. The weight is a hair under two pounds and it folds up to less than 17 inches which means that it fits easily in a rollaboard case approved by all airlines. I carry my Toyo AII, lenses, etc. in a gear bag that fits under my seat or in the overhead and the tripod goes in the rollaboard with my clothes.
Fully extended it reaches to ~ 5'4" without the center column. I am 5'10" so with the addition of a ball head it is a good height for me. I have used it with my Toyo AII, with a Fuji Finepix with an older, heavier 70-210 AF lens and with a Noblex. Additionally, one of our workshop participants at the last Fine Focus Workshop used it with his Ebony SV45U. For all the applications tried so far the 'pod has proven to be solid and stable. Whebn I am not traveling I use a heavier tripod but the Feisol 3441 is absolutely perfect for travel. Additionally, yesterday I took it on a fairly strenuous 4 mile hike and it was a delight to carry .... hardly felt it strapped to the pack at all. Our workshopper who used it for three days was equally impressed. He came to the workshop with a Gitzo Traveler and,while it has approximately the same specifications as the Feisol 3441, it was way too light to deal with his Ebony which the Feisol handled with ease.
BTW, I find the fit and finish of the Feisol to be excellent. Some say not quite up to that of a Gitzo but I sure didn't see any difference out of the box and now three weeks of hard use in the field later there is certainly no difference.
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