UPDATE: As I was deciding if I liked this style to wanted something 'bigger' I noticed on this items it was covered by warranty. Messaging back and forth with the seller, they kindly replaced this item - 5 of 5 customer service stars! As previously noted, the stem fractured at the base of any connection after falling over rendering it unuseable. I was honest the cause of use and truly appreciate the vendor replacing so that I can start a new season livestreaming. This is a great travel size and really was not looking forward to a larger option. FYI - This past week I livestreamed with another recording by cell with a much larger stand. I truly appreciate how quickly I can set this up and though I needed to position on a sloped incline, the adjustability of the phone holder and angles still provided a great view. Thank you!

I purchased this to livestream using my iphone volleyball games. Our club had another tripod that was more complex and more complex to set up and was always having issues. With travel, this is compact and easy to set up. (I never used the bluetooth remote or other connectors). With volleyball, I need to stay next to stand to protect both my phone and tripod. The phone connector was simple and easy to adjust both locations and angles and stayed sturdy. One challenge was the volume control - I livestream with my phone sideways. The compression to best balance hits near the volume controls. so it's offcenter/balance to not have those interfere. We had one tournament that was a 2nd level above view and the height adjustability as well as the variety of locking angles (up/down) was so simple and easy and secure. Unfortunately a ricochet ball bounced into the tripod (no phone) and knocked it down. The tripod broke at the base stem, rendering it unuseable. We taped the backside of the phone holder to the top few inches of the stem to be able to live stream those last games, but all functionality except holding the phone at at now shorter height is gone. I am evaluating purchasing this again or another option as we may switch from my phone to a tablet with app scoring overlay for the next season. In all - I gave it a rating of 2 for sturdiness of 1 because with tipping over (which again, I did my best to avoid) it snapped and basically shattered. Again, my fault, but not a completely unexpected possibility of happening. More positive features are the simplicity of set up and it was super compact and lightweight for travel. It was a good little tripod for what we needed.