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HomeTripods & MountsViking Tripods Viking Swallow Tripod with Fluid Head
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Viking Swallow Tripod with Fluid Head

£179.95

Vikings new Swallow Tripod complete with Video Fluid head. From the smooth fluid head for effortless, fiddle-free panning, to the secure, anti-twist, sliding quick release plate, we’ve taken the best features of video tripod heads to give a frustration free platform for your telescope – sturdy enough for even the larger objective lens models on the market. For the legs we have chosen aluminium for its balance of sturdiness, relative low weight, and lower cost. Three leg sections mean less time trying to secure the sections in position and more time observing birds!

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SKU: 0501 Categories: Tripods & Mounts, Viking Tripods Tags: Fluid Head, swallow, tripod, viking
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With decades of both field birding, demonstrating optics, and selling telescopes, we realise just how important the tripod is to your viewing enjoyment, yet the choosing of a suitable support is at best confusing for customers and at worst an afterthought.

All tripods on the market are designed ostensibly for the photography market and many features which are suitable for cameras can be superfluous to telescope users and even downright inconvenient!

For the reasons above, we have come up with the Swallow tripod. A product of years of field frustration, personal experience, and customer feedback, we feel we’ve arrived at a tripod by birders for birders.

From the smooth fluid head for effortless, fiddle-free panning, to the secure, anti-twist, sliding quick release plate, we’ve taken the best features of video tripod heads to give a frustration free platform for your telescope – sturdy enough for even the larger objective lens models on the market.

For the legs we have chosen aluminium for its balance of sturdiness, relative low weight, and lower cost. Three leg sections mean less time trying to secure the sections in position and more time observing birds!

A single locking collar allows quick height adjustment of the centre column if required and a spring-loaded hook allows for hanging a rucksack, weights or securing a guy cord if sea-watching in a gale.

We have gone for a low-profile (less likely to catch on anything) cam locking system to lock each leg at the desired height as most people find these to be more convenient and positive.

Where your tripod meets the ground, there are sturdy rubber stoppers which are threaded to spikes which can be retracted depending on the habitat. They come to a positive stop so are much more difficult to lose – another frustrating feature of many tripods!

Weighing in at 2.5kg, it is light enough to carry around your local reserve but solid enough to give your telescope the secure platform to make the most of the high magnification. Coming in at only £179.95 we believe this is a lot of tripod for the money.

Comes with carry case.
12 month warranty

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Brand

Viking

Weight

2.5kgs

Extended length

172cm

Closed length

73.5cm

Warranty

12 months

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A standard post and packaging charge of £4.50 is payable on all orders below the value of £30.00 on this website, any orders over this value will be posted free of charge. For next working day delivery we use DPD 24hr service and for smaller items we use Royal Mail. Our postage prices apply only to UK, BFPO and Channel Island addresses. For deliveries to EU countries, please contact our Customer Care team who will be able to advise you, where delivery is possible, about the cost and estimated delivery time. We do not deliver to P.O. boxes. Delivery within mainland UK is normally within 24 hours of receipt of your order, however, please allow five working days before querying a non-delivery. Delivery to Northern Ireland and UK offshore islands may take longer. In the event that an item is temporarily out of stock, we will notify you of the delay and dispatch it as soon as it arrives. Most orders will be delivered by courier between 9 am and 5 pm. If you are unlikely to be in to sign for the parcel, please specify an alternate delivery address where a signature can be made.

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