When I'm out and about in somewhere interesting, or at least somewhere I find interesting, I try and take a few snaps of myself against the backdrop. Unfortunately this usually entails one of those horrible "at arms length" shots which you see all over facebook. Thankfully a while back I purchased for myself a nice tripod to set my camera on. I was discussing this at a party recently and low and behold someone gave me a spare one they weren't using. Not that I needed another one but hey, who am I to turn down free stuff?

So the tripod I was given was the Hama Digi-Pod Tripod Compact 1, a small camera tripod with a name longer than half the Royal Family. As I mentioned I didn't purchase this myself but a quick reccy on Amazon reveals it only costs about £2, no wonder it was given away for free! £2 is a bargain price for this piece and you'd be foolish not to think about buying it.

Using this tripod is very simple. Simply fold out the legs and place the tripod on whatever surface you wish to take a photo from. The screw included on the mounting frame seems to be the standard industry size and so far fits all of my Fujipix cameras. There is no adjustment of the leg length, it's either on or it's not. To be honest I found this a refreshing change of pace as it can get annoying fiddling with heights before a photo, with this you simply point and go. The professional photographers of you out there are probably boiling with rage right now but hey, it's £2 and who cares about the quality of the photo of me and the MGM Grand Lion?

Build quality is what you expect from a £2 item, it's cheap and tacky plastic. It does it's job however and is fairly resistant to scratches. The plastic is incredibly light too and won't annoy airport X-ray machines too much.

Overall I'm quite happy I got this item, even happier it was free! To be honest I probably wouldn't have bought this had it cost me real money; not due to quality but simply due to the fact I already own a small tripod. If I was offered this for £2 I'd be foolish to say no, you'd spend more at Starbucks for a coffee.

4 Stars.