Review on 📷 Leofoto PG-1: The Ultimate Lightweight Heavy Duty Gimbal Tripod Head by Crystal Drake

Just received a refurbished unit. Like new but I'm not the first owner. At the risk of making you wonder why it was returned. The first impression is excellent. Very smooth movement both vertically and horizontally. Very fine tuning of both. Almost too thin. I will take it. You really have to turn the knobs to change the friction. However, the issue I have with the Benro gimbal is stickiness. When panning slowly, it kind of bounces around instead of moving smoothly. or when you stop and try to create the perfect composition. Not so with this Leo photo. It looks like a ball bearing but I really don't know. When panning, turn the knob so that there is no friction and it rotates for a long time. Not like Benro. Definitely more spin than my Wimberley. Of course I have to use it a lot to really know, but first impressions are great. O. and weight. It's light but seems strong enough. --------------------------------- First Edition: Okay, I figured out what the problem is with Kardan. The freedom of movement is great, no sticking. Less friction than any other brand. However, if you tighten it before taking a picture of a static object, your camera and lens will move when you tighten the horizontal or vertical pan knobs. Now you can put them on easily without much movement, but when you want to fully tighten everything will move a little. Wimberly doesn't. The Custom Brackets gimbal does not. Induro moves vertically but not horizontally when attracted. Again, Leofoto's panning knobs use thin threads compared to everything else. To fully tighten them, you have to turn them much harder than other brands. So unless you want the viewfinder image to change a lot, don't try to tighten the pan knobs all the way.