Manfrotto Carrying Strap Recommendation Please

I noticed that Manfrotto has several solutions for trekking with a tripod. Can someone please recommend which one will work with my current combination of 498RC2 head on 3020 Legs? Not looking for another backpack, just a solution for the tripod.

Thanks

Maybe this:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …2_Tripod_Strap_​Black.html

Or does it have to be Manfrotto?

Thanks LV. Any descent quality brand will do.

Ynot wrote in post #15498095
Thanks LV. Any descent quality brand will do.

Ok. That strap is fine; fairly wide on the shoulder, soft. Does fine with my 055XPROB and 498RC2.

Carring a backpack and the strapped tripod might be an issue; don't know how you plan to do it. I had my wife carry the tripod

Nice wife, mine would just give me that look.

I'll manage, but that strap looks perfect. I do have to replace my Expedition 5 sooner or later and this is one reason, good for a monopod, bad for a descent tripod.

Thanks again.

LV Moose wrote in post #15498061
Maybe this:

http://www.bhphotovide​o.com …2_Tripod_Strap_​Black.html

Or does it have to be Manfrotto?

This looks like a nice unit. I use a Manfrotto and it times it is a pain in the a*s!

This strap by Manfrotto is the closest thing to the Manfrotto "Long Strap" that I bought many years ago. It works extremely well and is simple/fast to apply and remove.

Bogen used to sell wide straps with a special threaded screw which fit the threaded hole in the spider of Bogen (Manfrotto) tripods, like this strap on a Bogen 3221 tripod (predecessor to Manfrotto 055)...

Wilt, thanks for your input. How do you like the 2530 legs btw?

You guys hit it head on. I ordered both the head and the strap last night. Looking forward to them both.

Ynot wrote in post #15500423
Wilt, thanks for your input. How do you like the 2530 legs btw?

I am generally very happy with characteristics of the Gitzo. The Gitzo wins on stability; it sucks on ergonomics (vs. the Bogen/Manfrotto that it replaced). I wouldn't own a Gitzo until after they came out with the ALR and the G-Lock, so that the legs could be set up as rapidly as the Bogen leg set.

• One beef is that the locks for variable leg spread are poorly designed...you can easily pinch yourself while spreading the legs wider. And I have done it more than once, in spite of being aware of the issue. I wish the variable spread locks were designed like the Manfrotto leg spread releases, which were a much nicer push-to-close no-pinch design!
  
  
• And I also prefer the Manfrotto spike...screw in the rubber tip to expose the metal spike; OTOH the Gitzo rubber tips are difficult to pull off the spikes, and then you have three rubber items to lose!
  

Wilt. thanks for your input. I have wanted to ask the same question, but have always put it off.