Fotopro Flexible Mini Tripod with universal clip Review and Video + Wimberley Plamp Stake & G

 Fotopro Mini Tripod Review and Video

I have something for all you mobile photographers out there; how many times have you needed an extra pair of hands when taking photos or videos...go on I know its a yes.

 Well now you have with something that's light and compact from Fotopro. I was kindly offered this mini flexible tripod to share with you all.

So I have added a fun, chatty video so you get to see this little guy in action after the jump.

 Fotopro is an award winning global brand that designs, manufactures, and markets a wide range of photographic equipment for professional photographers.

So I was excited to have the wonderful opportunity to work with such a great brand.

What I love about this adorable mini tripod; is the fact you can use multiple devices in it; eg; GoPro's, phones or cameras. So to have a small portable tripod that will fit all of these devices is just genius...thank you Fotopro!

KitVision escape HD5W Waterproof Full HD Action camera

 I was excited to have the chance to not only use it for my Samsung S4 phone but also
my GoPro twin the KitVision Escape HD.
(See my KitVision Escape HD review and videos part 1 & Part 2)
 

I had originally hoped it was going to fit my new Canon Powershot SX720 as it shows that it fits so many Powershot models. However my model is the latest Canon Powershot and its much wider than the other models...sigh...but Im still pleased to be able to use it on my phone and the Escape.

Here is my video review and chatty box opening and 1st impressions, plus I have added some fun footage of trying it with my Plamp family for more height and versatility.

But if you want to find out some more indepth details read on......

Packaging
It arrives in a modern sturdy white cardboard box with sneak peek window; on the back simply shows you how to use it in a few images. You also get the choice of 4 colours. I chose the black as I love all my camera equipment to match.

Inside the box you get the mini tripod all connected together and doesn't it already look pretty cool.

Description

This mini tripod from Fotopro is a portable compact tripod you can keep in your bag or rucksack until you need it. It folds flat perfectly as you see above with the Fotpro logo on the device clip.
This octopus style tripod fits most smartphones, the GoPro and slimmer cameras.

 It has universal adaptability to use with many devices with this cellphone clip which you simply pull out and it closes firmly to fit over securing your device...see my video.

 Phones up to a 6 inch screens will fit this clip, e.g; the iphone 6, 6s, Samsung Galaxy S6 edge etc.

My Samsung S4 is 7cm in width and it fits securely. In my video Im actually shaking it...very scary moment...but it was completely secure...gulp...phew!!!.

The phone connector is attached to the Gopro connector and in doing so it can be angled backwards or forwards for best viewing or shooting angles.

 The GoPro connector will also fit similar cameras like my Kitvision Escape HD and you simply unscrew the phone clip and your left with the GoPro clip...brilliant idea.

TIP: Just remember where you put your phone clip, if your anything like me you'll put it down somewhere and forget where...sigh, well I warned you guys lol!)

The 3 tripod legs have dumpy rubber feet at the end which are super grippy; no slipping across the table now.

The legs have soft foam and engineered plastic material to allow it to be bent and wrapped round things to give more stability as you will see in my video.
 The legs themselves feel extremely durable and don't feel they will snap or break anytime soon.

Measurements
Length 8.3 inches (21.5cm) long.
Once seated your device sits at a height of 5.9 inches.
It weighs only 2oz (55g)

Here you get to see both my devices I can use with this tripod.

Using the tripod
I have to say as soon as I got it out the box I was amazed at how light it felt in my hand...that's a good thing! ;-)

My phone fitted easily into the clip and extremely securely too, the slight over-grip holds it securely.

You can see from the back how well the clip hugs the phone. I found the most solid and stable way to use it was to splay out the legs (as in the image above) and you get absolutely no wobble its not moving...super secure!

 Fantastic for gaming...okay...Mahjong then lol.....or skyping and conference calls all hands free.

You get to watch my Gadget Girl Videos all hands-free, drink your coffee, snack away and sit back and watch.

Next I fitted my Kitvision Escape into the tripod and because of the GoPro screw fitment its doubly secure and you simply screw it up tightly. It simply becomes one device legs an all!

You then also have a great handle; I love the fact that the foam encased legs makes it a super comfy to control or film manually or carry for long periods of time.

 I also want to point out that it also has a small hole to attach it to a wrist strap or attach it to your bag. I personally use its own legs to wrap round my rucksack strap. It looks super cute this way too.

So lets show you how well the legs wrap round anything you find to give amazing hands free versatility.

I loved hiding this in our tree and capturing footage of my puppy up to no good lol! Also good for bird watching, barbecues etc.

Secured onto our fence post to capture anything, wildlife, naughty puppies or even my own video reviews; you have to admit it looks fab!

 I also wrapped the tripod around my bird table pole to capture what birds come too and from the bird table.

 Next I attached it to my own garden fork as I had a brainwave of being able to stick it in the ground in the garden anywhere if I didn't have anything to secure the legs onto.

The Wimberley Plamps + Fotopro Tripod

It was then I had a LIGHTBULB MOMENT as remembered I had my Plamps; if you've been following my videos you would have seen the Wimberley Plamps I reviewed last month.

What if I wanted to use my phone/GoPro in the tripod but didn't have anything to secure the legs to anything! If you not quite sure what Im rambling on about then please checkout my video as I show you how to set these up.

Here is the Wimberley Stake (review coming soon), a screw driver in the base allows you to stick it in the ground anywhere...see my video!

Then the tripod legs wrap round the stake itself, as you can see here it works perfectly for my phone and the KitVision Escape; you can perch it at the top or round the side of it, anywhere you like.

Next is the Wimberley Plamp G it too has a bendy extension but with clamp on the end; this now allows me to bend it into any position at any height of the Plamp...perfect for keeping off the ground and wildlife watching. You can see here its perfect with both my Escape and the phone.

Both the Fotopro and the Plamps open up being able to photograph and video virtually anywhere; so exciting!!!

Summary

If you haven't guessed yet I absolutely love this little tripod; by itself it gives me hands free photography and video and the bendy legs allows me to attach it to almost anything it can bend round.

Combined with my Plamps it opens up even more options; I'm one happy bunny!

Its light, durable and rugged as well as being excellent quality and the fact it has universal adaptability makes it such a versatile tripod to keep at hand for whenever the photo/video urges takes you.
I wont be without this and its one of my few gadgets if it broke or I lost it I would have to replace it; its an affordable fab little tripod and every mobile photographer NEEDS one of these.

The 2 Images above are by Fotopro

You can buy yours from Amazon Uk

 ONLY £12.99

All my thanks goes to Fotopro for kindly sending me this to share with you all. All my views and opinions are my own. My images are mine unless otherwise stated.

If you want to know about my Gopro twin the Kitvision Escape please see below

KitVision escape HD5W Waterproof Full HD Action camera 

and videos part 1 & Part 2
If you want to learn more about the Plamp family checkout my full video reviews below.

The Plamp 2, Plamp G and carbon fibre extension

Feelily 18 piece sketching and drawing set with Canvas wrap review

 Feelily 28 piece sketching and drawing set with Canvas wrap

(It has 18 sketching pencils but there's so much more equaling to 28 pieces).

As a bit of an art and stationary collector; I'm super excited to bringing you another product from Feelily.

 Feelily Super large capacity pencil/cosmetic case

You may remember I reviewed one of their large capacity pencil cases a few weeks ago.

 I was then kindly offered this beautiful artist pencil roll with sketching kit to share with you all!

So anyone who loves their art, in particular sketching and drawing with pencils and charcoals stay reading I think you may like this review.

Ive also added a full video review too again for those that want to listen to my review as well as read it.

Packaging

I was actually really impressed with how everything safely arrived undamaged, packaged separately for you to unwrap and also with just how many items you get with your kit. It came in a simple transparent plastic wrapping and sellotape so literally nothing special.

But honestly once you start unwrapping everything you'll forget it had no box.

Description

Once unwrapped you realize just what you have in this amazing kit.

Here is the art kit as it comes all wrapped in each individual packaging.

I have to say when I first got these boxes out I initially thought I had 12 B's and 12 4B's but it wasn't the case, I was quite confused at this....however inside both boxes contained the set below.

Unwrapped and here is what you have...for a better look checkout my video as I go through everything here in more detail.

 Okay so here is the full set of sketching pencils all Marco Raffine.

You get 18 pencils ranging from HB to 8B all sharpened ready to go.

With 3 charcoal pencils (soft, medium and hard unsharpened).

2 x 2H

1 x HB

1 x 8B

1 x 7B

1 x 6B

1 x 5B

4 x 4B

1 x 3B

4 x 2B 

1 x B

Charcoal pencils hard, medium and soft all 3 unsharpened.

Note; my only niggle and its just being picky is that the pencils are very light and you cant see the lead at the end; meaning it may not be fully leaded inside; but of this I am not certain.

Next are 3 Tortillions pencil blenders made of compressed paper, this I cant wait to try as Ive been meaning to get some of these for my colouring.

All 3 different sized blenders have double ended tips.

 Here you have a box cutter type blade; Feelily have called this a pencil sharpener for those of you that prefer sharpening your pencils this way especially the charcoal ones, I know there are alot of you. For me I definitely prefer a pencil sharpener.

The blade has a clip that you can use to clip to your pocket it also can be removed from the sharpener then you use it to snap the blade off when it becomes dull.

 You also get 2 erasers, 1 Plasticine moldable  type for dabbing any mistakes with no bits. Plus a normal hard eraser.

 To top it all the hard eraser is a "Faber Castell" eraser, so pleased with this am I.

You then get one double ended pencil extender, the image above shows the double one ontop and my Prismacolour one I got in my pencil accessory kit underneath.

I just wanted to show you the difference in size and the fact you have the options of different pencil widths of either end. 

More detail in my video.

Finally the wrap itself which feels like a fine canvas material with lovely brown PVC edging; giving a gorgeous charm to the roll. It also has a PVC leather look strap that will secure your roll once its rolled up.

One side is slightly unfinished; however its exactly where the strap ties around it so it doesn't show.

It measures unrolled exactly 19 inches long and 8 inches wide with a 18 inch long and 1 inch wide strap to wrap it with.

 On the back you can see how nice the fine black canvas looks.

All fitted inside
It doesn't take long to slide everything into your new roll, infact its surprisingly satisfying...am I normal...dont answer that lol!
 It feels really good to get everything set up.

 I love the brown PVC leather lip to protect all the sharpened pencil tips it goes over your pencils approx 1.4 inches giving plenty of pencil protection. Its also divided up into 3 sections so they fit snugly underneath rather than left completely open...if your not sure what I mean I show you in the video.

I just want to point out that you not only receive 28 art pieces; but you also have plenty of room to spare, you can get "41 items" in this, the slimmer gaps will fit paintbrushes or slimmer pencils for example either side of the popper on the left and through underneath the leather sewn on part on the right.

It will hold all you favorite arty bits and securely too as the elastics are tight.

 Okay so finally its wrapped up; it looks super cool and it has an olde worlde charm to it.

Here is the pencil tip end; showing you just how protected the sharpened pencil tips are, the PVC leather offers complete protection of your art pieces.

Here is my video of the unboxing and a complete indepth look at each of the arty bits in more detail. Plus what it looks like empty and full and rolled up.

Opinion

I absolutely love this sketching kit I've been doing art for over 30 years, but never had such a lovely set like this; with everything in this roll; I still have 13 places to add my own arty bits and pieces, its just gorgeous.

If your an art student who loves sketching, this set will make you one happy-bunny, go treat yourself right now. Its perfect to pop in your bag, glove-box and take with you anywhere.
All your art supplies will be easily organized and you can see what you want at a glance.
Plus its sooo affordable you simply cannot go wrong, if your an artist you will be sure to use everything in this set, even if you add your own favorites bits and pieces and use these for extras and spares; its just perfect!

If your not sure whether you like sketching, this set is so affordable to simply give it a go, also ideal for the young or budding artist; plus us hardened stationary addicts.
So guys thank for popping by let me know what you think and I for one am looking forward to doodling with you all very soon.

Feelily 18PCS Sketching Pencil and charcoal art roll/wrap set
£10.99

I want to thank Feelily for kindly sending me this gorgeous art roll for a discounted price. All my views and opinions are my own and all photos are mine unless otherwise stated.

If you liked this review you may like my last review from Feelily.

 Feelily Super large capacity pencil/cosmetic case

Coming very soon is the gorgeous Feelily Marco Raffine 72 coloured pencil set, Im super excited to show you this its just beautiful.