B&H has this listed as available for preorder.

@@careylymanjones ah cool. That’s interesting and helpful 👍

Thanks Mike, you're a total legend mate!

Thanks Leon. I really appreciate that affirmation mate. Cheers.

You’re gonna love it. I use mine all the time. I’m waiting for a client to arrive and it’s holding my camera in front of me as I type.

Thank heaps mate. I think you'll really enjoy it :)

Thanks heaps mate. Here's the link as the above ones didn't work previously (they do now) geni.us/soIK

Good call my friend. That's a great name for it.

Woohoo!!

Thanks so much mate!!!

Thanks heaps mate. It’ll be interesting to see what happens in the market.

I won't sell my peak design tripod and stuff for this cheapass copycat 🙄

@@RalphMayhewPhotography IDFC do what you wanna do

I think you’ll love the Zero Y 👍 it’s very light.

That’s fantastic news. Quick shipping. Thanks mate.

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Pleasure Jon. It’s a really great product.

I feel the same way Dan - only I prefer the feel in my hand of the Zero Y as it’s narrower. I have a comparison vid coming out soon.

I too have the PD (was a backer) and have used it for 3 years. Considering it was the first of the latest round of travel tripods that came out, I expected others would make improvements over it. I still love it, but I've backed and should be getting the HEIPI that is due Q1 2023. IMHO, I think it looks even better than this Ulanzi and if it pans out, I will be selling my PD. It has an integrated secondary tripod, easily swappable head, better head design with pano click stops, several 1/4-20 mounting holes strategically placed on the leg sections, etc.

@@csimet the HEIP sounds interesting,. I haven't heard of it. Have you got a link? I'd be interested to suss it out.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography KZfaq will not permit me to give a link... so head to kickstarter and search for the Heipi project. Unfortunately, the project just closed the other day.

@@csimet Just had a look, that looks really cool!

At 9:02??

Awww thank you so much!! Legendary.

Thanks heaps Mark 🙏

You’d either just hold your camera to manoeuvre it for that or attach a fluid head to the base plate.

They’re really great. I use mine all the time.

Some really great insights there. Thanks for sharing mate. A question for you, what makes you sure that PD have engineered it extremely well and that Ulanzi and Coman haven’t? I find myself wanting to be convinced but wanted to explore the facts behind this. Cheers.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography my thoughts: - the apex of the tripod is much more rigid. In both tensile and torsion strength. You can test this by seeing how much the center column twists and wobbles when you extend the column maximum length with the tripod as legs wide as it would go. Go ahead check it out. - The apex is the part that will absorb most of the flex and shocks of the tripod transmission. It is not only what the apex is made of, but also how it is shaped and constructed. PD's extrusion process is much more time consuming and the tolerances are much higher - The Apex is made of aluminum not plastic - The shape of the tripod legs are non uniform. It is much easier to make a round tripod leg then the complex shape of the peak design - The leg locks design is more sophisticated with higher tolerances. The entire assembly is user serviceable with the included hex tool. - The center column is aluminum, not plastic as you state in your review - Fit and finish is much better on the PD (subjective maybe but I will bet on that)- - Their staff in vietnam and china get living wages and share in the profits - PD is built to a function not to a price point - the entire tripod is serviceable in the field with the included hex tool - Finally you get a life time warranty and support from peak design - I can attest to the excellent support and warranty service See journal.peakdesign.com/sticker-shock Given these there are a few things that the design can be improved with, and it has to do primarily with ballhead - re design so that it is easier to place the ball head in any direction - have a tactile feel on the locking switch so you know which side you are pushing without have to look - include a panning ring - redesign the lip mechanism so that when you press the release lever, the camera does not pop out - and provide divits in the head so that screws on camera plate can bit into it to provide anti-slip protection on the tripod head Weather these items are worth the extra price to you is a personal judgement. But you cannot say that the Ulanzi + Coleman tripod has a better or even the same build as the Peak Design tripod. Lets try and keep the comparisons in perspective here. In the end, its always good to have competition, it keeps everyone on their toes. For me, I have yet to find anything that beats the Peak Design.

I like peak design as much as the next guy and I own most of their camera accessories but you need to accept the fact that the new ulanzi has quite a few major benefits. Lighter weight at half the price. Nobody wants the aluminum one. And I own the peak design in carbon fiber. That ball head design is terrible. Especially for me considering I shoot vertical 90%

@@SneakyCaleb As I stated, the ballhead design needs to be improved - to me that is the only downside. Agree its cheaper and lighter. My contention is with the statement that the Ulanzi is "just as well built for $300 dollars less". If it meets your needs thats great! for the reasons stated above, the Peak Design is built much better. As for the ball head, agree the Peak Design ball head is not the best desgin - could be improved. Here is to hoping that they are working on it!

@@vparikh08 you are making assumptions that may have some small truth to them. Overall you would need to own both and try both. I agree the leg design would be ever so slightly sturdier in practice as I’m an engineer. But I think it may be less noticeable than you’d expect. The ball head is a major issue with me on the peak design because I shoot vertical often and hate L brackets. Sure I could get a different head on the PD but I rather just sell it as this model does it perfect. It’s ok to say both have their pluses and minuses. Overall I along with most would argue the 300$ price point and the overall design is badass.

So good!!!

Oh no... here it is: geni.us/soIK

@@RalphMayhewPhotography thanks so much!

I agree. I think you’ll find your testing only increases your impressiveness with this product 👍

I wouldn’t recommend it for video but if the camera wasn’t too big I’d put the Ulanzi fluid head on it and it should do the job: geni.us/C685

@@RalphMayhewPhotography Thanks for the info

My best guess would be yes, as mine holds my Z9 (battery grip included) and cage, FTZii and 150-600mm lens.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography thanks a lot for your information. You are the only person who replied so far to this query - even Ulanzi didn’t !

Sorry to hear that. Check this video as I think it’s the one where I put my gear on it Ulanzi Coman Zero Y Vs Peak Design Travel Tripod kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ53mbGUqKi6iIE.html

The bubble level is on top of the ball head plate which is also the panorama function. There’s also a ¼ thread at the top of the tripod but I’m not sure it’s help in leveling the tripod.

Funny you should ask. At the moment it’s fixed (like PD) but they’re working on other options 👍

Everything bought from the Ulanzi sight is covered with a 1 year warranty.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography Wonderful! Thanks for the reply! 😀

When I put my z6 + adapter + Tamron 150-600 it faired fine. Wouldn’t put a gimbal on top of it and add all of that though.

Thanks very much Greg. I appreciate it mate.

Hi Karen, I just put my Z9 with 150-600 on it and was happy with its performance.

It’s triangular so it doesn’t have a diameter sorry.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography you can't believe it, bro

I think on some models if you completely extend the centre column and use a very heavy camera or apply force then there is movement in the centre column of the Zero Y, just like on the PD travel tripod.

This might help Ulanzi Coman Zero Y Vs Peak Design Travel Tripod kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ53mbGUqKi6iIE.html

I confirm that. There is left/right play between the center column and the plastic part holding it, with the locking lever toward you

@@Pomp92 Thanks. This is the one thing that has kept me from ordering it. I'd be willing to give it a shot if I didn't have to ship it back to China. I wish Amazon would stock it.

I’ve used my Z9, with FTZii and my Tamron 150-600 beast and it’s coped. Wouldn’t be my first preference but works in a pinch.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography Thanks Ralph. So I'd get away with a D850 and a 200-500mm. Anything less than that just gets better :)

@@David_Glazebrook Yep, with my 150-600 if I want to shoot portrait, I would twist the lens in it's holder (which would remain in a vertical position) I reckon if you tried to tilt the entire thing to a portrait position, you may struggle on occasion, but it certainly can handle my heavy rig even to 35 degrees.

Hi David. Yesterday I put the Z9 in a cage with the Tamron 150-600 and the ball head held it at every angle (including portrait/vertical) without any fear of the whole thing toppling over (the centre column was only patricianly extended). So it can take a large payload with confidence. That set up must be close to 4kg. I thought you’d like to know.

Thanks for the comment mate. I just looked at my carbon fibre PD and it has more plastic in it than this one, including a plastic centre column bracket 🤷🏼‍♂️ guess plastic will work too 👍

@@RalphMayhewPhotography True but not in the column support.

@@boutthere3374 they look similar to me, only the pd has a thinner band of plastic 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@RalphMayhewPhotography I might be misinterpreting your video. When you point into the area where the plastic is are you pointing at all that black? which I take to mean is structural. If you took all the plastic from both tripod which one would work better? I'm looking forward to you comparing the two.

@@boutthere3374 if you took all the plastic out neither would work as the centre columns for both would be rattling around.

Interesting. I’ve got and used both as well. Id lean toward the Ulanzi. IMO it doesn’t feel cheaper than the PD. The legs design is a different shape but bottle feel of the same quality. The PD head frustrates me no end though.

Well Peter it’s lighter which often feels cheaper initially…

Good question. Just checked and yes it is.

Which bit of the ball head would you like measured?

Hi, I was quite sure I've answered, but I cannot find my... The measure I need is the diameter of the aluminium sphere attached to the stem (the inner ball if you understand me)... Thank you for you valuable work here on youtube 🙂

@@giannivalenza1751it’s 31.5mm

Dang it!!! aright. Try this: geni.us/soIK Thank you!!!!

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Hi Noel. You can get your travel tripod from: geni.us/soIK Use Code MAYHEW10 for a 10% discount!

This might help as well Noel: Ulanzi Coman Zero Y Vs Peak Design Travel Tripod kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ53mbGUqKi6iIE.html

No. Mine is really quite secure. I’ve a vid coming out on Monday where I demonstrate it. That’ll give you a marker for what’s normal. Have you contacted Ulanzi?

@@RalphMayhewPhotography , yes already email them...but no reply from them yet

@@kel1ng good. It’s the weekend so they should get back to you tmw.

This is the video I was talking about: Ulanzi Coman Zero Y Vs Peak Design Travel Tripod kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ53mbGUqKi6iIE.html

Mine center column moves side to side. It's obviously a tolerance problem between the center column and the plastic holder. The problem is more evident moving the center column left to right with the lock lever in front of you. How did they solved your problem?

Having got both and used the pad for a while, I’m not entirely convinced by your position. But time will tell.

Ulanzi also has the twist lock version of this tripod

@@Noah_Zion are you sure about that?? Can you post a link as I’m not aware of it. Thanks 🙏

@@RalphMayhewPhotography Yes. It's called the Zero X (not Zero Y)

@@Noah_Zion I don't think Ulanzi sell it, I think it's only available through Coman and it's a short tripod, not a twist leg lock one. That's what I found from my research, anyway.

It sure is.

Yes if you get the ¼ Zero Centre Column. Here’s a link geni.us/l8yU

True that!!! I agree. Here the link if you need it, as the previous one didn't work (does now) geni.us/soIK

@@RalphMayhewPhotography Thanks! I’ll use your link when I grab it. Probs late next month. Gotta budget n crap. lol Still trying to upload my old gear to eBay. Stuff is just sitting around depreciating.

Apple is only 10-20% overpriced max for most Mac stuff. The tripod world lol.

Peak Design also provide a lifetime warranty tho. If you consider that into account then it isn't that expensive

@@user-iq7en1lg3i you mean PD offer the warranty? They do but it has conditions 🤷🏼‍♂️ I’ve never experienced apple offering a post one year warranty :(

I think the two problems you have with travel tripods are also the two defining factors of an effective travel tripod lol. That Art use is a beast. I use a LeoPhoto heavy duty for the work you’re talking about. What gimbal head do your shoot with? I’m considering getting one.

@@RalphMayhewPhotography 🙂 lol Probably. The gimbal head on using is a Koolehaoda. But it's pretty heavy too and not particularly precision. It also feels like it would hold a sack of concrete though 😀 lol

@@Chris_Wolfgram haha your just missing a sack of concrete for your adventures lol

Really? That seems odd. Ulanzi haven’t said they won’t ship there. How did you find out it doesn’t ship to the UK?

@@RalphMayhewPhotography There are no active sales links here and from experience, the cost of shipping would be horrific. Maybe in the future there may be a UK distributor.

@@JJLewin1 They have a German one, which may be cheaper.

It’s a challenger to PD for sure.

"So many features..." - list them please. The legs and ballhead are completely different from PD. It's a tripod - it has to have 3 legs and a ball-head/ head. What do you think it has copied from PD?

Awwww thank you guys. Love your work!!

That’s fair enough. You could email them and ask for their return policy. In my experience they’ve been extremely accomodating and understanding on products I wanted to return and others that were faulty. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Glad I could help mate 👍 thanks.

Just email support@ulanzi.com and ask for one. You may be surprised ;)