WTB: tripod leg covers
Mar 6, 2024 12:41:26 #
Longlens24
Loc: Cedar Park, Texas
I have a Manfotto 055 carbon fiber tripod with a wide (28mm+)top leg. The cheap foam no-freeze pipe wraps are too thick to use, the usual commercial neoprene leg covers are very expensive for small pieces of neoprene with edge hook&loop. Has anyone figured out any less costly alternative?Thanks.
Stan
Stan
Mar 6, 2024 13:02:53 #
Mar 6, 2024 13:06:15 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
Longshadow wrote:
? Curious - What's the purpose of the leg covers?
They get cold in the winter.
Mar 6, 2024 13:13:29 #
cahale wrote:
They get cold in the winter.
Mine never complained.
Mar 6, 2024 13:44:22 #
Check out pipe insulation found in the plumbing section of Lowes or Home Depot.
Mar 6, 2024 13:56:51 #
tradio wrote:
Check out pipe insulation found in the plumbing section of Lowes or Home Depot.
Not sure, but I believe he already did:
"The cheap foam no-freeze pipe wraps are too thick to use,..."
Mar 6, 2024 14:13:40 #
Longshadow wrote:
Not sure, but I believe he already did:
"The cheap foam no-freeze pipe wraps are too thick to use,..."
"The cheap foam no-freeze pipe wraps are too thick to use,..."
I used the pipe insulation on my aluminum tripods for years with no problem.
I have really found no need on my Carbon fiber tripods.
Mar 6, 2024 14:38:34 #
What about pool noodles? You could try putting a slit in them and wrapping them around the legs.
Mar 6, 2024 15:00:41 #
Longlens24
Loc: Cedar Park, Texas
I have pool noodle and it is also (like foam pipe wrap) too thick. The wrap is really to protect the leg since carbon fiber does not dent like aluminum(dents but usable) but can crack and then shatter with impacts ( walls, counters, etc.) I was on a workshop and another participant cracked his high quality gitzo carbon fiber tripod leg when it accidentally impacted a wooden table corner in the hotel lobby. Neoprene is relatively inewxpensive, but neoprene tripod leg covers are very costly.
Mar 6, 2024 16:42:40 #
Longlens24 wrote:
I have pool noodle and it is also (like foam pipe wrap) too thick. The wrap is really to protect the leg since carbon fiber does not dent like aluminum(dents but usable) but can crack and then shatter with impacts ( walls, counters, etc.) I was on a workshop and another participant cracked his high quality gitzo carbon fiber tripod leg when it accidentally impacted a wooden table corner in the hotel lobby. Neoprene is relatively inewxpensive, but neoprene tripod leg covers are very costly.
Amazon has adhesive backed foam sheets in various sizes. They’re 1/8” thick.
Mar 6, 2024 16:59:03 #
Longlens24 wrote:
I have pool noodle and it is also (like foam pipe wrap) too thick. The wrap is really to protect the leg since carbon fiber does not dent like aluminum(dents but usable) but can crack and then shatter with impacts ( walls, counters, etc.) I was on a workshop and another participant cracked his high quality gitzo carbon fiber tripod leg when it accidentally impacted a wooden table corner in the hotel lobby. Neoprene is relatively inewxpensive, but neoprene tripod leg covers are very costly.
Interesting. In over 45 years of shooting, I've never "dented" a tripod leg.
Maybe I'm careful with them.
Mar 6, 2024 17:03:04 #
kpmac wrote:
What about pool noodles? You could try putting a slit in them and wrapping them around the legs.
Bubble wrap?
Mar 6, 2024 17:23:11 #
Longshadow wrote:
Interesting. In over 45 years of shooting, I've never "dented" a tripod leg.
Maybe I'm careful with them.
Maybe I'm careful with them.
I'm Not careful and have never dented a tripod leg since 1956
Mar 6, 2024 17:32:24 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
I'm Not careful and have never dented a tripod leg since 1956
I'm not overly careful, I just don't sling it about.
Mar 6, 2024 18:37:11 #
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