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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 824781" data-attributes="member: 53455">Sirui is not a bad brand. Chinese-made, of course, but not bad. Like Neewer and a couple of others. However, I've always stayed away from those flipping locks on tripod legs, as I find they work best as finger-pinchers. To secure tripod legs, I prefer rotating rings. All I can say about tripods, having owned quite a few and made the usual mistakes is: Don't skimp either on the legs or on the head. Inferior gear will soon reveal itself and remain forever in a closet, as nobody will want to buy it secondhand. Better wait a little longer, save more, and acquire good gear that will be with you for as long as you keep shooting.Cameras, however good, come and go as technology advances, even lenses do sometimes, but good tripods remain. My favorite brand is Gitzo, not because it is French (actually it was acquired by Manfrotto some time ago and the tripods are now made in Italy) but because I haven't found any better one. My midsize one has been with me for almost 20 years now, good as new structurally but also mechanically (very important, of course!). My big one I've had for 12 years, my small travel one for 6 years. I don't brutalize them, but I've never babied them either, I just treat them as tools for a job. I don't see the need to change any of them in the foreseeable future.Good luck with your new and future tripods!</blockquote>