Our Overall Score:
9.2/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our VELBON UP-400 Monopod review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if VELBON UP-400 Monopod is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Camera stands category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £29.99
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like VELBON UP-400 Monopod. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Velbon or alternative products in the Camera stands category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of VELBON UP-400 Monopod
VELBON UP-400 Monopod scores 9.9/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Camera stands. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of VELBON UP-400 Monopod, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for VELBON UP-400 Monopod and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Camera stands, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Camera stands? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
VELBON UP-400 Monopod scores 8.5/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Camera stands category was £192.99, whilst the cheapest we found was £7.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of VELBON UP-400 Monopod down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Camera stands category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Camera stands category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for VELBON UP-400 Monopod.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Camera stands category. This was £64.57 from the 26 products we found in that category. So VELBON UP-400 Monopod actually comes in below average at £29.99.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £192.99 and the least expensive, which was £7.99. In total we found that of the 26, 17 were more expensive and 8 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as VELBON UP-400 Monopod.
Prices of products from Velbon
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Velbon. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Velbon, which was £70.62 of the 8 products we found. So VELBON UP-400 Monopod price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Velbon was £26.99 with the most expensive coming in at £178.00.
Prices of products from Velbon and in the Camera stands category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Velbon that sit specifically within the Camera stands category.
For this we found that the average price was £70.62, making VELBON UP-400 Monopod at £29.99 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £178.00 with the lowest priced item being £26.99. In total there were 6 items that were more expensive and 1 that was less expensive.
Reviews of VELBON UP-400 Monopod
VELBON UP-400 Monopod scores 9.1/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good VELBON UP-400 Monopod is.
Overall score
VELBON UP-400 Monopod scores 9.2/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Velbon so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for VELBON UP-400 Monopod by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: VELBON UP-400 Monopod
- Brand: Velbon
- Model Number: UP400
- Suitable for compact & compact system & DSLR camerasMount size: 1/4″Max. height: 1.60 mMaximum load: 1.5 kg
- EAN: 17915805033
- Description: Keep your photography clear and precise with the Velbon UP-400 Monopod in your kit bag. Lightweight and convenientLighter and easier to use in cramped conditions than a conventional tripod, this four section monopod is ideal for sports, nature and travel photography. Compatible with a wide range of cameras including DSLRs and Compact System as well compact cameras, this versatile monopod takes the strain so you can shoot all day without having to bear the weight of your kit. Comfortable shootingFeaturing a removable wrist strap as well as a comfortable ergonomic foam hand grip, using the UP400 in the field couldn’t be easier. The leg clasps can be adjusted in seconds to get your camera to exactly the right height with a functional range of 51 cm to 160 cm for a new sense of versatility in your photography. Including a removable foot with a ground spike so that you can keep things stable on a variety of surfaces, the Velbon UP-400 Monopod is one of the easiest ways to keep your camera equipment supported on long photography trips.
- Product ID: 3091006761
