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

by Stabila

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Stabila 47-Inch-to-90-Inch Elevator Tripod comes with an interlocking leg system and shoulder strap for easy set-up and convenient portability. With height adjustability ranging from 47-inches-to-90-inches, the elevator column has an adjustment range of 13-inches and a machined head with a built-in leveling bull's-eye. Additionally, the tripod comes with rigid and strong aluminum extrusions for decreased weight and added stiffness, and replaceable steel feet. The built-in accordion-style bellow system keeps the rack and pinion adjustment mechanism running smooth. During use, the tripod's legs lock in place with chains to prevent leg splitting and instrument crashes. The tripod comes with a 2-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

From the Manufacturer

This tripod has an adjustable height from 47 to 90 inches. It is designed for fast set ups. It is portable weighing 6.5 pounds and very durable.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 22 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00004R9M7
• California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 warning.
• Item model number: 07490
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #266,549 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A must have for the builder using Laser..., January 29, 2002

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W. A. Freeman Jr. (Auburn, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stabila 07490 5/8-Inch 11 Threaded Adjustable Height 47-Inch to 90-Inch Flat Head Tripod (Tools & Home Improvement)

Although it weighs-in at closer to 16 pounds, rather than the 6.5lbs shown in the specs here and on the mfg's web site. Obvious misprint until you look at the shipping weight. But it is a good tripod, though a bit fragile. One has to be careful with the die-cast aluminum head. I have already broken mine somehow and welded it back with some of the mix-together expoxy. This has made it hard to raise and lower. Something is out of alignment or bent. Stabila does not sell a hardcase for it so I recommend improvising with some 9" PVC pipe to protect it from something falling on it and bending the elevator shafts are aluminum legs. Learn from my mistake.

The unit sets up quickly, the legs slide easily and the level bubble is helpful. I use a self-leveling rotary laser. It is so nice, in most situations, to be able to adjust the laser to batterboard height thus eliminating the use of a rod with the sensor. You can simply use the sensor because there is no offset. Then the next day or the next week you can go back, raise the laser level to the benchmark height and recheck batterboards, again without a rod for offset. This would likely work with a sight level too but possibly with more difficulty.

Not a bad value. Other mfgs elevator tripods are in the $300+ range. Even their add-on elevators are almost as much as the Stabila.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT very sturdy, great design, poorly manufactured., April 15, 2004

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Peter Shamray (Novato, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stabila 07490 5/8-Inch 11 Threaded Adjustable Height 47-Inch to 90-Inch Flat Head Tripod (Tools & Home Improvement)

This tripod didn't last one day on our jobsite. It weighs more than 15 lbs, with most of the weight high in the steel elevator shaft. On the way from the truck to the site, one of the cheap plastic clips on the carrying strap at the heavy end of the tripod broke. The top plate hit concrete sidewalk from about three feet. After that, the crank wouldn't raise or lower the elevator at all. It froze and then stripped. Save yourself fifty dollars and buy Stabila's standard tripod. We did.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Sturdy, August 31, 2003

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First Carpentry (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stabila 07490 5/8-Inch 11 Threaded Adjustable Height 47-Inch to 90-Inch Flat Head Tripod (Tools & Home Improvement)

I have not had a chance to use it at job site yet. But I took a test with a rotary laser. It is an excellent tool. Price is much lower than Hilti, but there is no much difference in quality. It would be a very helpful if they could make it to be able to lower the height for interior carpentry work, ex. chair rail, base cabinet, etc. Hilti makes low boy,but it's very expensive. Also I don't have room for two tripods to carry. I wish I would like to get a multi-purpose kind.