Name: Manfrotto 678 Universal Folding Base for the 679, 680, 681, 3016, 3018, 3249. Monopods
Brand: Manfrotto
SKU: BG678
Price: 109.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)

Manfrotto 678 Universal Folding Base for the 679, 680, 681, 3016, 3018, 3249. Monopods

Manfrotto 678

Manfrotto

Manfrotto 678 Universal Folding Base for Monopods

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Manfrotto 678 

Shop the Manfrotto 678 Universal Folding Base for monopods. Stable, durable, & easy to adjust. Secure attachment. Get yours today!

Enhance your photography experience with the 678 Universal Folding Base, a versatile and essential accessory designed for a range of Monopods including the 679, 680, 681, 3016, 3018, and 3249 models. Crafted with high-strength steel, this sturdy base offers three foldable legs that provide exceptional stability and support for your photography equipment. Engineered for convenience, the legs of this universal folding base can be effortlessly folded and stored within the bottom section of your monopod, ensuring quick and easy setup whenever you need it. With a maximum load capacity of 30.8 lbs, this lightweight accessory, weighing just .9 lbs, is capable of securely supporting a variety of cameras and photography equipment. Finished in sleek black, the 678 Universal Folding Base not only adds functionality to your monopod but also enhances its aesthetic appeal. Whether you're a professional photographer or a hobbyist, this durable and portable folding base is a valuable addition to your photography gear, offering the perfect blend of versatility, convenience, and reliability.

Terrific stabilizer to Manfrotto monopods. I also like the way the feet wrap up and stores inside the monopod tube.

The 678 folding base is a perfect addition to Manfrotto Monopods

It is cleverly designed, but too flimsy to provide stability to a Manfrotto monopod.

Too flimsy to serve as stabilizer

it does make the monopod a bit heavy but when you need a tripod without the bother of a tripod, this is the way ro go!  The legs are screwed safely into the monopod until you need them. I have found it very useful in low light and congested areas.  a buy worth the extra weight.

hidden tripod

It is very stable and holds the monopod pretty still. Having to keep the legs inside the monopod until you are ready to unscrew them and take them out is not super convenient but not particularly hard to do quickly either. Also, I will point out what at least one other person said: In assembling this there is a metal sleeve. If you are assembling this to the 679 model (mine) take the sleeve out first or you will never tighten down on the monopod itself. I am guessing the sleeve may be needed on other models but not the 679.

Very stable

I use this base on Manfrotto 685B monopod.  This base DOES NOT fit my monopod 685B so I have to do customization for it to fit.  This 2 things are NOT meant to be together so DON'T buy them.  But I purchased some tools at local hardware store and put them together and LOVE IT!

Great base

Saw a review where this may end up loose.  I did not find that at all.  It fit snug and I tightened up the 3 set screws.  LOVE IT!  I just wanted to be able to add some stabilization to my 680B when necessary.  I do not expect to leave my camera alone on it, but I wanted to not have to find a place to stabilize any sway (you know - the back and forth and you have to put your hand against a door frame, tree, the pickup truck...) that may not be available!  This is perfect.  Tucks away when I do not need it and I found it easy enough to "untuck" when I do need it!

Works Great!

I bought this base for my 680B monopods.  The instruction states removing the ring first in order to attach the base to the 680B monopods without the ring.  I of course follow the instruction, but I should not have attached the monopod without the ring.  Basically, do not follow the instruction.  I have reviewed many people feedback online and I found out many people complaint that they cannot attach the base to the monopod tightly.  I found out a solution online that attach the ring to the monopod first.  The size of the ring is same as the size of the bottom monopod that make not easy to put the ring attaching to the monopod.  It means that will secure the ring to the monopod very tight (it is good.)  

Putting the base into the monopod and getting the base from the monopod are not difficult, but openning the base by one hand is very difficult.  Normally, one hand holds the monopod and the other hand unscrews the base.  After you take the base from the monopod, you only have one hand to open it.  I have trained myself opening and closing the base many times to get efficency.  

The weight is not much lighter than a tripod after you attach the base to the monopod, but it is thinner than a tripod.

Overall, it is a good product.

Watch out your fingers when you use it.

it is what it is, and not what it is not.

Manfrotto 678 Universal Folding Base for the 679, 680, 681, 3016, 3018, 3249. Monopods

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Manfrotto 678 Universal Folding Base for the 679, 680, 681, 3016, 3018, 3249. Monopods

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