Review on 📸 65"/165cm Phone Tripods with Remote Shutter: Perfect for Video Recording, Selfies & Livestream! by Brent Henderson

I was offered a $15 gift certificate for review. This prompts me to write a review, but doesn't change my opinion at all. I use my iPhone as a webcam. It provides much better image quality than the potato camera on my laptop. I was looking for a small tripod that would fit in my laptop bag. I wanted something light, but strong enough at full height to carry the iPhone 11 Pro Max - big phone, light weight, even more so with a case. It also had to be small enough to be used as a table tripod. I compared it with the Yunteng 3-in-1 selfie stick. Yunteng's advantage is that it collapsed to about 7 inches. However, in full growth he was unstable, and on a thick carpet he could not stand at full height at all. I didn't need a selfie stick. However, it is a very good table tripod. This tripod, on the other hand, folds down to about 13 inches, but it's very light. When pulled out and fixed, it is very strong and stable. It also seemed more durable. with locking cam. It's a bit taller than the other tripod, but I can level the phone to make the difference disappear. I didn't use the phone mount that came with it as I already had a very good one - all-metal, orient in any direction without remounting - and attached it instead. The bracket that comes with it is very good and is also all metal, but in order to reposition yourself you have to reattach the bracket to the tripod. Despite all that, I'm very impressed with this little tripod. Yes, it's not a Manfrotto (I have one for larger cameras), but it's surprisingly durable. I shoot some videos for my real estate and an education channel and this tripod features in a lot of them, either with my phone or when using my larger rig, it often carries the light bar I use. The remote control works perfectly. As I walk around the rooms I can be about 30 feet from the phone - no problem. I use a wireless remote mic and it mounts on the same mount - the tripod didn't interfere. I'll hold it in my hand for a long, long time. Highly recommended.