Customer Reviews for Peak Design - Magnetic Tripod for Mobile Phones - Black
Customer Rating
5
Durable and incredibly effective for photos/videos
on August 12, 2022
Posted by: DanDel
from London, UK
Very simple and sleek design. Incredibly useful when you're travelling and need to capture some photos or videos - especially a time-lapse or group photo. The magnets keep the tripod perfectly in place, and allows you to capture in portrait or landscape.
I probably use this less than I originally thought, but when you need it, you love having it. It has given some great group photos and some incredible Timelapse's.
Its very well designed and a slim package for the back of the phone. And it works well if the phone is in landscape mode, although in portrait, on the Pixel 6 pro case, its not quite long enough and isn't very useful. But for portrait mode, it works well!
I was using this daily with my phone. Unfortunately I dropped the phone in an airline business where it must have come detached. Now I really miss it. Must I conclude that it is not fixed strongly enough to the phone?
I thought this thing would be a novelty - I was wrong. It’s vital. Initially I bought it for group selfies on the trails, and I thought it would live in my backpack. Instead, it’s lived on my phone 24/7. Being able to plop you phone down at a comfortable viewing angle in ANY situation is one of those things that sounds unnecessary but has fundamentally changes the way I interact with my phone. FaceTime calls are especially improved. No more propping the phone up and trying to stay in frame. This thing can adjust to any angle, and the brilliantly included hex tool lets me keep the legs tight. I just can’t say enough good things about it. It’s the missing thing that actually made interacting with my phone pleasant.
I’ve been using the mobile tripod for a few weeks now, while traveling constantly, in combination with the Everyday Case for iPhone. From the moment I could feel the force with which this tripod attaches to the case, I was sold.
It’s a solid piece of metal with a soft magnetic backside, and three simple legs that seem to be capable of placing themselves anywhere, without sliding. They flip out easily, and the middle leg has a tuning key hidden on the inside (attached magnetically, how cool) that is used to tighten or loosen the rotating mechanism that supports the tripod legs. It adds some weight to your pockets, but the added features make that worthwhile.
And just like that, Peak Design has done it again. Forget your finicky, bulky screw-on attachment tripods, just get this mobile tripod and an Everyday Case. From video calls to recording time lapses, TikToks or reels, to watching stuff on your phone or just having it sit on your desk upright, you’re going to love this tripod!