I use Hazel or B&Q. Why spend £60 or more on sticks? I want to know because if the difference is that much I might change.
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Sa
Sam, the bought sticks are no better than the home made ones I know Ive used both
Just use three small bolts and a strip of leather to fix them at the top, rather than inner tube or Hoover belts. can be used standing, kneeling, sitting what ever, they are actually quicker to set up than the bought jobs just put the feet further apart for a sitting or kneeling shot, no leg adjustment to fiddle with..
three B&Q canes around 6 foot in length cut six inches from one fix strip of leather about two inches long to the top with two small bolts , drill hole in the other two six inches from the top fix bolt through this hole and the other end of the leather strip
tighten it just enough to allow the canes to move.
Cost less than £10 and twenty minutes to make.
the only disadvantage to this system is the length when walking as of course you can't retract the legs like the bought jobs
but I am working on that. trying to devise a system that would allow them to fold but lock when opened as IMO its a better system than adjusting individual legs to get the required height it just takes to long.
At the end of the day its a matter of choice, if you are the kind of person that must have the latest gear better to splash out
and buy some, but if you want something practical to get on with the job B&Q.