Pros:
1. It doesn't creep even with a heavy camera like Nikon Z9.
2. An ingenious and welcome design of the 15˚ feature for an outdoor photographer like me who does panorama often.
3. Included a well padded and made pouch for transport for an outdoor photographer like me who travel often.
4. I can pull up the main knob of the ball head to change its direction which is very convenient for packaging and convenient.

Con:
None

I do have a wish though and that is if the pan control knob could have a small extension like the main knob then it would be perfect. Granted that the knob is currently well textured but it would be better to have an extension for even easier to turn and distinguish with the 15˚ knob in the dark.

I've bought many others. This is the only miniball I trust with a DSLR for a quick desktop set-up. Extremely secure, and excellent build quality. Sometimes it is just a little grippy, when I only partially loosen the lock-knob: my physical habits from other miniballs expect the head to move with only a partial-loosening of the knob, but this one seems to retain some grip unless you loosen the lock knob a titch more. This is relevant for making slight adjustments to gear positioning, like leveling a camera. You have to remember to loosen the lock knob that extra little bit, or else your repositioning adjustments will be very unsubtle, not moving at first, then moving too much. Easily solved: just loosen the knob a quarter turn more than you're used to.

I generally use larger FLM ball-heads, but anything they make has a superior fit/finish, and works better than you can imagine. I've used a lot of competing brands, and *they* simply aren't *this.* In my opinion, the only viable brands of ball-head are, in no particular order: FLM, FLM, or either FLM.

You can tell some love and care went into the design of this ball head. The knobs all feel rock solid when engaged with normal finger tightness.


It's lightyears beyond the Manfrotto ballhead it replaced :D

I was looking for a super compact and light ballhead for mounting the Peak Design Mobile Creator Kit to a heavy-duty GorillaPod for lightweight travel. Since the PD phone mount already incorporates a quick release, I wanted a simple ballhead that didn't have a QR system. This option from FLM has professional-grade build quality, is very light and compact, and supports far more weight than I'll ever ask of it. The fit and finish is as good as you'd expect. It's perfect for my use case or for other compact camera rigs, and only costs a tiny bit more than the bargain-basement options.

I want the security of under ten pounds.My standard Nikon set up is containable.For table top set up ,
and a support for daily stills ,super. Usefull for remote flash,versatile because of size!

Although expensive, this ball had offers at degree of precision and consistency that lower price ball heads cannot achieve and some of the most famous names are also deficient at. My only an admittedly minor complain is that the controls are a bit close to each other at times. Perhaps this would not be a problem with their larger sized ball head.

Small, strong (Supports 13 lb) and have a great looking button.

Have had previous FLM heads which were excellent but bulky. This new GX series is very different compared to the CenterBall series. It is super light given the size of the ball, it is also very small and fairly squat. The ball action is super smooth. The knobs are now all different from each other and easy to sort by feel without looking, a down side on older models with all knobs feeling the same. While it does not have a separate friction control for the main lock, I don't miss it. The main locking lever has an excellent feel and relatively short throw, so it is not an issue. It is very easy to tighten. There is negligible slop with a heavy lens (100-400L mounted on the body (not as rock solid as the CB58 monster) with the camera mounted on the head. When mounted on the lens foot, it is super easy.
The panorama with the option of click-stopped movements is also very nice.

I am using it as the head for my small travel tripod as it is so compact and light and am very happy.

Well made, solid.