Gregory david Stempel FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g wrote: > I have both the Bogen 3221W and 3046 tripod leg systems and they have taken > a beating. Dragging them throught the rain forests of the Olympic > Penninsula, ocean beaches and desert sand and sun. Both still work perfect. Dragging them? HAHAHA!!! Not even my assistants are that bad! (read this in your grandfathers voice...) "Why back in my day we couldn't afford them fancy schmancy tin cans! We used to just tie all our bogan tripods to the bumper of the bride and grooms car! Heck, they could drive all the way to Topeka Hot Springs and back and them tripods still was strong enough to hoist the engine out of a John Deere!" > The 3046 has been bent and re-straitened and can still take my 4x5. That's damning with faint praise in my book. > It's their older heads you want to stay clear of, but even then, they work. Probably the core of the discussion. I decided long ago not to buy Bogan. I haven't had the (possibly pleasurable?) experience of being an owner/operator a new one and therefore should probably just shut my piehole. > Bogen is like a Ford or Chevy. Good enough to get you to your destination, > just not in style. And, you don't have to spend gobs of cash on them. I remember assisting a guy who loved Norman strobe packs. "They're GREAT!" he said. "You can get them repaired right here in L.A. Cheap and quick." I remember thinking, "well, I guess that is a good thing... cause they are constantly blowing up!" I myself bought Comet packs. Not as easy to have repaired but then again they hardly ever need repair. r
