this strap is excellent for tripods. I'm sure it's also great for use with smaller, interchangeable lens cameras, specifically mirrorless systems, due to its smaller overall size and length. the padded area is well, uh, padded... thick and spongy, like neoprene should be. one side is covered in lycra that's smooth to the touch and glides easily over clothing while the other is rubberized, textured and exceptionally grippy. it allows you to flip the strap over to adjust the position then flip it back to lock it in place on your shoulder. it's easily adjusted for length and while it's shorter than their full sized SOS model, with thinner, 1" nylon webbing, it still gets long enough to allow cross-body camera carry for all but the fattest of fatties. you'll find it's perfectly sized for the majority of the homunculus population. however, as i said at the beginning, i use this as a tripod strap. i replaced the fiddly metal clips with a set of Peak Design strap adapters to maintain my "all straps fit all things" modus operandi. the fixed strap pad design allows me to shorten up a single end and put the pad in the proper location, my shoulder, while carrying any of my tripods slung vertically, inverted or cross body. that grip under the shoulder pad ensures my tripod stays in place on my shoulder and in the position i need it to be, out of the way, and comfortable for when i don't need it. the smaller size combined with significant strap length allows it to adapt on a range of tripods, from my gigantic 82" Slik (31" collapsed) for getting above fences, noise abatement and bollards along highways, my preferred travel tripod in the Benro Adventure 2 Carbon (68", 24" collapsed) and even my ultra small Benro Pro Angel 2 (57", 14" collapsed). this is possibly the closest strap to being "all things to all people." i'm sure some will wish it came in colors or designs or colorful designs yet others will try to fit it onto a pro body or a full size dSLR body with battery grip and complain it's too short. (well, yeah. duh). and then there are the chubbies who will complain it's too short and too thin, that the nylon webbing and "too small" strap pad cuts into their soft, tender flesh. (yeah, duh). so, unless you're an outlier or a moron, this should be a great strap for your camera, tripod, messenger bag, workout bag, small bore rifle, katana, boombox, or whatever. the only legitimate strike against it would be that it's ugly, or more accurately, bland. but bland is good if you're carrying a few grand worth of camera on the end of it.
