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 may alter the angle of your iPhone whereas it’s in tripod mode. Higher nonetheless, it may firmly connect, magnetically, to the cellphone in each vertical and horizontal orientations. This makes it a wonderful stand in your cellphone even whenever you’re not making an attempt to shoot video or images.
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 for those who 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 cellphone stands, reminiscent of Moft’s Snap-On Stand and Pockets, which props up your iPhone whereas holding a couple of bank cards, Anker’s MagGo cellphone grip, and the now-ubiquitous PopSockets. Whereas MagSafe equipment like these are handy, they gained’t be as sturdy as one thing securely snapped onto your smartphone or a smartphone case. All the MagSafe stands, wallets, chargers, and different equipment I’ve tried finally 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