Mini Test Monopods
Benro Adventure MAD38C Carbon Fiber Monopod
£99/$110
Made from lightweight carbon-fibre, Benro’s Adventure MAD38C is also equipped with a 50mm-diameter rubber foot, which offers unrivalled grip on flat surfaces. It also links to the leg via a manoeuvrable ball joint that helps with panning when shooting video.
Quick-flip leg locks for the four leg sections make the monopod fast to deploy and simple to pack down. The max payload you can mount on this monopod is a hefty 16kg, making the Adventure MAD38C a great choice for use with heavy DSLRs and long lenses. It’s a particularly impressive spec given the monopod’s light 500g weight.
Although the 52.5cm packed length isn’t as short as other monopods here, it’s by no means unwieldy when you’re on
