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Korum tripod adapter. What you need to know

Excellent thread - been looking for a tripod recently but didn’t want to fork out £70 on something that got rarely used.

Managed to find one of these new on eBay for £9.99 just now.
 
Gavin Burt said:
Excellent thread - been looking for a tripod recently but didn’t want to fork out £70 on something that got rarely used.

Managed to find one of these new on eBay for £9.99 just now.
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One of which Gavin ? The Adapter in Richards first post ? Have you got a link ?
 
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Derek Funcks said:
One of which Gavin ? The Adapter in Richards first post ? Have you got a link ?
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It was the last one on eBay I’m guessing they were selling them off.

Here’s the link for you just in case:

www.ebay.co.uk

Korum Speed Fit Tripod Adaptor | eBay

Perfect for anglers who might confront difficult swims where their banksticks won't go in the ground. Simply add three banksticks and either your rod rest head or buzz bar, and you're fishing. This is made really easy thanks to the Speedfit system on the points of attachment, meaning you are...
www.ebay.co.uk
 
Not read all of this thread, top marks to Richard for pointing it out,but could the problem not also be sorted out by using korum tilt head rod rest heads or there tilt alarms
 
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Richard Isaacs said:
Yes that would resolve the issue with the positioning of the rests but it doesn’t resolve the massive footprint this thing takes up.

Much better off putting the angles on the legs in my opinion
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Fair comment Richard,but problem I can see if you have the legs too close together is stability same as with all tripods,wider the legs more stable the whole thing is.Unless you can really drive the legs in to the ground.
 
Robert Cartmell said:
Fair comment Richard,but problem I can see if you have the legs too close together is stability same as with all tripods,wider the legs more stable the whole thing is.Unless you can really drive the legs in to the ground.
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Yeah that’s true. Beauty of having the legs adjustable though means you can chose.
You can open them up for more stability where you have room or close them a bit if space is limited.
Personally I think that is the best way to use them.
Don’t forget if you buy the Korum tripod it has the same adjustment on the legs that I have given the adapter. Makes it far more useful
 
Richard Isaacs said:
Yeah that’s true. Beauty of having the legs adjustable though means you can chose.
You can open them up for more stability where you have room or close them a bit if space is limited.
Personally I think that is the best way to use them.
Don’t forget if you buy the Korum tripod it has the same adjustment on the legs that I have given the adapter. Makes it far more useful
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Got all the bits for this now and really struggling to get the Preston angle adapters to be symmetrical either side. Driving me insane !!!

I don’t these the Korum speed adapters help matters either.
 
Richard Isaacs said:
This product has intrigued me since the day I saw it advertised. It’s something that as a part time tripoder could really be a useful item for me.
I use a tripod for heavy flood water fishing so afew times a year and I’m doing an odd tidal Trent trip as well.
I like the idea that it utilizes storm poles which I’ve got plenty of and they are extremely strong things making a very strong tripod.
I’ll start with the good points.
It’s solid...... I mean really bloody solid. Nice and weighty and feels a proper well made thing.
it’s dead cheap at 15 quid. For that level of quality it’s practically give away.
it’s all quick release and locking and very nice. View attachment 14703View attachment 14704
let’s move on to the not so good......
A tripod for me has got to position my rods nice and high to keep line off the water in heavy flow.
looking at this picture Korum use to market the product it looks like it’s just the job ..... but something looks wrong and it wasn’t till I got my hands on one I could see what it was View attachment 14705
The tripod adapter has two adjustment positions on the back thread. Here View attachment 14706
Look at the Korum picture again. They have it set up with the alarms pointing vertically which you’d never do in that situation. You want the alarms at 90° to your rods. You can’t set this up at 90° to your rods without additional adjustment so bear that in mind......... as a stand alone product it’s actually useless 🤣
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the left hand yellow line represents the angle and length the bank stick would be at with this product to be used with high rods at 90° to the buz bars. Now I’ve added a pair of Preston angled adapters to it which resolves the issue completely so in conclusion bare that in mind. Completely useless item for high rods unless you add something to angle the legs back. Like so View attachment 14708
In this arrangement with 3 solid storms its a hell of solid tripod. Way more sturdy and robust than my Korum tripod.

so just bear in mind. Useless out the box.
excellent once you add leg angle adjustment.
hope that helps.
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Just reading this my Korum tripod is at 90 degrees for alarm or rod rest attachment . Can send photo
 
Richard Isaacs said:
This product has intrigued me since the day I saw it advertised. It’s something that as a part time tripoder could really be a useful item for me.
I use a tripod for heavy flood water fishing so afew times a year and I’m doing an odd tidal Trent trip as well.
I like the idea that it utilizes storm poles which I’ve got plenty of and they are extremely strong things making a very strong tripod.
I’ll start with the good points.
It’s solid...... I mean really bloody solid. Nice and weighty and feels a proper well made thing.
it’s dead cheap at 15 quid. For that level of quality it’s practically give away.
it’s all quick release and locking and very nice. View attachment 14703View attachment 14704
let’s move on to the not so good......
A tripod for me has got to position my rods nice and high to keep line off the water in heavy flow.
looking at this picture Korum use to market the product it looks like it’s just the job ..... but something looks wrong and it wasn’t till I got my hands on one I could see what it was View attachment 14705
The tripod adapter has two adjustment positions on the back thread. Here View attachment 14706
Look at the Korum picture again. They have it set up with the alarms pointing vertically which you’d never do in that situation. You want the alarms at 90° to your rods. You can’t set this up at 90° to your rods without additional adjustment so bear that in mind......... as a stand alone product it’s actually useless 🤣
View attachment 14707
the left hand yellow line represents the angle and length the bank stick would be at with this product to be used with high rods at 90° to the buz bars. Now I’ve added a pair of Preston angled adapters to it which resolves the issue completely so in conclusion bare that in mind. Completely useless item for high rods unless you add something to angle the legs back. Like so View attachment 14708
In this arrangement with 3 solid storms its a hell of solid tripod. Way more sturdy and robust than my Korum tripod.

so just bear in mind. Useless out the box.
excellent once you add leg angle adjustment.
hope that helps.
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Terry Walker said:
Just reading this my Korum tripod is at 90 degrees for alarm or rod rest attachment . Can send photo
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I think you have over thunk it Richard, the threads are over long on the unit, so all I did was put on 3 locking nuts, put the storm poles in at less of an angle that it's set at to suit the bank, then finger tighten to the unit to lock it.
Mine works just fine out the box, and is very sturdy, I leave the stormpoles on and use it for my roving pod, then attach a Nash bankstick and stabilizer at 90 degrees to the pole for my butt cups.
 
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