Manbily Camera Monopod Aluminum Portable Compact Lightweight Travel Monopod with Carrying Bag Walking Stick Handle,for DSLR Canon Nikon Sony Video Camcorder,6 Sections up to 61-in (A-555L)

Not a fan of twist locks, but this is a solid mono, it doesn't slip, droop or creep with a Nikkor 600mm f/4 pushing 12lbs down on it. But I like their 32mm version even better. This was the 28mm. Black Friday price of $37 was a steal!! AND WHY does everyone make these with wrist straps? Ever try it? You get bruised and beaten as they flop around. Get a monopod holster, and you'll be cutting off that worthless wrist strap on day one. Enjoy...

I bought this as an experiment. I need a cane now (lookin' at you, Long Covid) and I wanted one to which I could easily attach things to free up my hands as I move around the house. This looked promising, because it had a cane-style handle, and two attach points that would connect to anything that used 3/4"-14 or 1/4"-20 (standard photography) screws.Short version? IT WORKS. The twist-locks are secure, and the cane will take as much weight as I've been able to put on it. I suspect the only reason the product description doesn't say "will work as a cane" is because a cane is a medical device, and those require very expensive testing/certification. But I digress...In the brown-cabinet photo the only after-market attachment is the Cane Minder. Everything else shipped with the Manbily Monopod, including the clamp for my phone.In the white-wall photo I have attached LOTS of after-market stuff. Of note, I swapped in a double-ball-and-socket magnetic mount for my phone, and a water bottle clamp which happens to be the perfect size for a 12-oz soda can. THESE DIDN'T COME WITH IT, but they attach fine, and make this monopod my walking stick/cane of choice around the house.I've been using it for two weeks now, and I've only gotten it to slip once. On that occasion I had adjusted it and had failed to fully secure the uppermost twist-clamp. When I tightened it the rest of the way it took my weight with no problems.

We purchased this monopole partly for the walking stick function... my wife walks with a cane because of instability and I thought this would be sturdy to use as cane and for pictures on a road trip. Unfortunately, the plastic handle has a threaded coupler that screws into the end and then that screws onto a multi-threaded rod that attaches it to the pole. This threaded rod has a smaller thread on one end for attaching to a camera. The thread on the plastic hand is too fine of a thread so it stripped incredibly easy which caused the handle to be loose most of the time.To be honest, the camera use was fine. The adjustable length of the pole worked great and the spiked bottom was an unexpected necessity for soft and gravel ground. I gave this an overall 4 stars, only losing a star because of the poor design for the added on handle for walking stick use.I modified this by drilling thru the plastic, coupler, and threaded rod and added a roll pin. That made this so secure my wife is now using it as a cane instead of her other lightweight cane. I turned the threaded rod upside down so that the camera mount can still be used but of course I would need to pull the roll pin to turn it over. Otherwise, this is a very well-built monopole.

Very happy! Can’t wait to use it. Stable yet light. And is compact too!

I have heavy telephoto lens for Canon DSLR and this monopod works great. AND you can use it for trekking pole as well.

Sturdy

I used this for one week in Central America, taking nature photos, and it fell apart. The parts with the thread, for tightening the monopod at preferred height, are held on by glue, which a very low quality design. Once they had been in humid conditions for a week, the glue failed and the threads became detached, so the the monopod just fell into pieces. Unfortunately, I bought this well ahead of my trip so my return window had closed, otherwise I would have requested by money back due to a faulty product. I don't generally write reviews, but I thought the least I could do was warn others about this low quality product.

I think this will work well as a monocle or camera or similar stand. Not so sure about using it as a Walkingstick.... maybe lightly. As it extends it screws to tighten and I could see it loosening rather quickly from vibration as you walk and tap the stick to the ground. might be able to secure it with Loctite, but it would defeat the purpose for being able to break down into a smaller carryable set up.