Anyone have experience with FEISOL CT-3371 Tripod?

<p>Well I need a tripod after 6 years of heavy use with Gitzo. The Gitzo I had was a little over $400.00 new. It looks like their cheapest pods are $600.00 now and not near as durable as my aluminum pod. </p>

<p>Anyway, I found this unit from Fiesol that looks perfect for me, the CT-3371. I just know nothing about Fiesol. The one thing that is very important to me is tight legs. I hate nothing more than a floppy tripod! In the six years that I owned my Gitzo I only had to tighten the legs 3 times! My Gitzo is still usable but missing 2 feet, I am not talking about the spike, I am talking about the threaded part that holds the spikes. And, every twist lock needs replacing. Their parts are extremely high priced, just not worth it!<br>

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If anyone has experience with Feisol, I would love to hear it.<br>

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Thank You,<br>

Derek</p>

<p>Derek,<br>

many years ago I got a Feisol tripod. At first I was very pleased with it. Then one day I could not get one of the locks on the legs to lock down. I contacted them and they sent me the parts. I could not ever get it to work correctly again. It just would not lock down correctly. Most probably my fault. I gave up. Maybe one day I'll ask my husband to look at it now that he's retired and has the time to mess with it. I'd completely forgotten about it as I haven't use it in what feels like forever.<br>

I didn't have the money to spend on a Gitzo at the time. And I certainly don't at this time as we're now living on his retirement. <br>

Let me express that I felt the tripod was very sturdy as I used it for my 300-800mm f/5.6 Sigma lens which weighs a lot. The only thing I was unhappy with was the "locks" by which we tighten down the tripod legs. Only one failed me. But then, that's all it takes.....<br>

Thanks for reminding me I have the tripod. Maybe we can get it working again. </p>