Bought this right before a family trip to the Grand Canyon. I wanted to just direct my own shots instead of asking others to take shots over and over again. This gives you a lot more freedom, especially if you know there will be trees or railings around where you are headed.This worked great! The legs are very bendy and very secure; I’ve hung it right side up and upside down on railings, trees, etc. Also just plain put it on benches and other flat surfaces. I set my phone to a timer (3 seconds for shorter or 10 seconds for longer setups) and take the shot! Family photos have never been easier. You can do posed or even ‘candid’ (see picture I took while strapping this to a tree)! At the edge of the Grand Canyon, I even secured it to a railing to film a sunrise one morning and the video came out great. After my trip, I’ve even used this to take an unboxing video and it worked great. It’s essentially just a mini tripod for your phone for any sort of video or photos you might like to take. The ballhead also helps a lot with picture variety as well. You can bend it down pretty far except where the thumbscrew is.If you use the included Bluetooth clicker, you can also just line up your shot first and then click whenever and however many times you’d like. Clicker works well but it disconnects more often than I’d like it to and the reconnection process, while not hard, is definitely not fun to do over and over again.You definitely do not need an expensive mobile tripod option. This is it and works great, even if the Bluetooth clicker is a little finicky. Still well worth the price, especially since timers on phones is a thing!