For anyone who is serious about their nature photography and capturing the best shots when heading out into the wild, you can’t downplay the importance of a good quality tripod. Alas, they’re not the most portable or travel friendly pieces of apparatus. Until now that is with this fantastic looking Peak Design Travel Tripod which has made a huge mark over on Kickstarter and is already rapidly approaching £3m in funding after a matter of days – testament to how much photographers want a bit of kit like this in their lives.

The Peak Design Travel Tripod on Kickstarter is available for the bargain price of just $289 during the campaign which is down from the intended retail price of $349 so move now if you want to bag a bargain. Billed as a full-featured tripod in a truly portable form, it’s easy to see why photography aficionados are lapping up this excellent piece of apparatus from Peak Design and it solves the critical flaw of most tripods – namely, wasted space – and throws in a whole host of cool features to boot.

Cameraman’s Best Friend

Four years in the making, Peak Design went back to the drawing board when reading this Travel Tripod with the desire to eliminate the problem of dead space with the existing design. They didn’t stop at space saving, however, they made a tool that deploys and packs down rapidly—nearly twice as fast as a traditional tripod. Peak Design have made it intuitive and extremely straightforward to use. They have engineered professional-quality stability and performance with the Travel Tripod and they added intuitive features to help you get the perfect shot— with any gear, in any environment, and from any point of view.

The Peak Design Travel Tripod ($289) on Kickstarter offers pro-quality performance at half the size of conventional tripods on the market. They have eliminated bulky, protruding knobs from the design and the result is that every water bottle pocket on your bag is now also a tripod pocket, and you’re carrying a full sized tripod with professional capabilities. With normal travel tripods, a slow setup can result in a missed shot. Not with the Peak Design Travel Tripod though which has strong, easy-to-use leg cam levers that can be operated together and there’s no need for the legs to flip up/down when packing and unpacking.

It couldn’t be simpler to use the Peak Design Travel Tripod and there will be no more guessing which knob to turn or how far to turn it. It uses a single and precision-engineered adjustment ring to give total articulation. The locking ring provides you additional stability and vibration reduction so your shots always come out looking their best. But even without it, your camera is locked securely in place. The unique head design provides you with an enhanced range of articulation, and incorporates three portrait mode cutouts instead of just one.

Capable Performance

Needless to say, you’re going to want to be able to rely upon your tripod and that’s an area in which the Peak Design Travel Tripod positively excels with a highly capable and impressive performance. Make no mistake: the Travel Tripod is small, but it is definitely ready for any big photography jobs. Made from high-performance materials and precision machined parts ensures weight capacity, stability, and vibration dampening comparable to much larger, more expensive tripods. The Travel Tripod is designed to handle pro photography gear, easily handling a full-frame DSLR with a 70-200 lens.

Available for under $300 during the Kickstarter campaign, you’ll never have a better opportunity to get such an accomplished piece of camera equipment for such a bargain price. The Peak Design Travel Tripod has taken the crowdfunding platform by storm and understandably so. If you’re after a much more versatile and lightweight solution to your outdoor photography needs, you’ve just found it.