Stabila 07490 5/8-Inch 11 Threaded Adjustable Height 47-Inch to 90-Inch Flat Head Tripod

List Price: $159.99

Features:

• Adjustable height ranges from 47 to 90 inches
• Mounting surface features an integrated leveling bull's eye for fast setup
• 5/8-by-11-inch mounting stub allows for smooth 360-degree rotations
• Rack-and-pinion elevator column has an adjustment range of 13 inches
• Highly portable at only 6.5 pounds

Accessories:
Measuring, Marking, and Layout: A Builder's Guide	This Old House (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

good tripod [Posted on 2005-12-05]
This tripod is good for what is meant to be.
take care of it.
Don't drop it, or let roll around in back of truck.I hang mine in a home made wood box from ceiling of my tool body.
great for the price, if you need an elevating tripod.
Well made.Sturdy
I've used mine straight out of box, and I use it often.

High expextations, low reality [Posted on 2007-03-19]
I'm a general contractor and own many Stabila levels. They stand out as the best so I had high expectations for this tripod. It is incredibly useful to have a tripod that you can wind up and down so you can lock into your benchmarks and not have to worry about the math. We use it for concrete, framing, siding, windows, wainscot, etc. The only one I had seen previously was by Hilti but it was over 400.

The Stabila at under 150 seemed like a sure thing but when it arrived it didn't survive the shipping very well. A part had fallen off and the box was damaged. When I set it up, the crank would not move the center rod up and down, the bubble level in the stand wasn't even close and the top wasn't flat. Seemed like this was made by a different factory than the levels. Sent it back and got the elevator tripod by CST/Berger. The Berger is not quite up to the Hilti either, but for the price (-150) and my purposes, it does the job. Stabilia needs better quality control and better boxing for this one.

Poor representation of Stabila [Posted on 2007-06-06]
This tripod was attractive to me at first because of the price and features. I also own six Stabila levels of various sizes and love them. So, I bought one and used it. It is very cheaply built. I am a contractor, but take very good care of my tools. They cost a lot and help me make money. Why wouldn't I, right. The plastic clips on the carry strap broke day two. Luckily it fell and dinged me in the leg or I would have suffered the same fate as the other writers. I went to a hardware store and bought some make a strap parts. Wider strap, stronger clips. The following week one of the chains pulled out of the legs. This time I ran into a Stabila rep at my local hardware store. He gave me a number to call and said everything would be made right. Ha, I knew better, five calls over three months and no return call. Again, went to the hardware store and fixed it myself. Have Stabila call me, I'll give them a parts list so they can start building it right.

Tripod [Posted on 2007-07-05]
This elivator tripod worked great with a rotary laser used for a drop ceiling. It can be adjusted to the height you want leveled then your set to work.

Stabila [Posted on 2007-08-12]
While I think Stabila could have paid a little more attention to the quality of some of the minor compoments, this tripod works perfectly. If your using an optical level or laser level this tripod is the only way to go for repetitive setups.

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