Which Tripod?

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Hey everyone, I am looking for a tripod mainly to be used for spotting but occasional shooting. I have narrowed down to these three options:

1) Vortex Switchback
2) Revic - Stabilizer Hunter Tripod
3) Fat Boy - Elevate

If anyone has feedback on either of these or has something else I should consider please share!

Thank you!
 
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Tripods are pretty tricky because there are so many options. Some come with heads some don’t and some heads work ten times better than others.

Looking at the three you narrowed it down to I would say the Revic, seems to be the most bang for buck as far as what’s in the box and it’s the lightest. Also not a huge fan or anything that’s proprietary as it means it needs an adapter to work with traditional things. I mean the camera and video world has been building tripods forever so why change something that works ?

My second vote goes to the Fat Boy.

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I run 2 different fatboy tripods and they are phenomenal! Couldn’t find a more stable tripod. Have tried a few others and the fatboy has been my favourite
 
I have the bog deathgrip infinite and shoot standing out to 500m with it and for price point its great, but then i got a chance to use a Cadex tripod at the RFMA course and how smooth and easy it adjusted when looking through a spotting scope at high power makes me want one
 
snooze98k said:
Innorel
Fraction the cost and dependable.
Very popular in the prs competition community.
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THIS ^ The one you want is the Innorel RT90C off amazon.

The specs you want are 40mm tube legs, bowl top or as large of a ball head as you can get... 50-60mm

If you don't like Amazon and can spend more look into 2-vets, RRS (really right stuff), Fatboy, Leofoto

Stop in at any Rimfire PRS event (even better sign up to volunteer for the day!!) and there will be multiple that you can look at and most people will let your try it out! We are all 'gear heads' looking to chat and help out others that are eager!
 
northballistics said:
https://amzn.to/3RVh9fi - RT90C

https://amzn.to/3Tyfc9V - Neewer is a brand I've found to give good quality for money.
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That link for the Innoral is the wrong tripod in the description... here's the one you want
https://www.amazon.ca/Carbon-Tripod...fos.c021cf91-aacd-4a27-9bf5-80aba3271009&th=1

And that 'Neewer' has too thin of legs and small of a ball for what I would want to really use for a heavy rifle. It is decent for $200 for spotting scopes and cameras.
 
sk8snwmx said:
That link for the Innoral is the wrong tripod in the description... here's the one you want
https://www.amazon.ca/Carbon-Tripod...fos.c021cf91-aacd-4a27-9bf5-80aba3271009&th=1

And that 'Neewer' has too thin of legs and small of a ball for what I would want to really use for a heavy rifle. It is decent for $200 for spotting scopes and cameras.
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I remember reading about tripods and weight limits and a rule of thumb I came across was to take the rifle weight, add on the recoil energy in lbs, then X2. That should be your target weight capacity for a tripod.

YMMV

I have a ‘Neewer’ ball head and it had a binding problem. I took it apart and repaired it. It works fine now, but you do get what you pay for.
 
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