Looks cool. It is interesting to check user reviews.

@MarcioK I think you're right. I just looked at them side by side in their profiles and everything is exactly the same. Dead to rights :)

Not that good of reviews either, kind if hit or miss. Also it's $139 on Amazon Prime.

@vicharris I saw some reviews of the Opteka and it looked good for the price range - obviously a Glidecam or a Lainz are much better, but also costs more.

There is a YouTube video (could not find it here, now - YT blocked at work...) of a guy in a garden showing the proper way to balance it, is very interesting - he achieves a very good balance with simple steps in about 4 minutes.

I had the Opteka stabilizer, and it worked pretty well after balancing. The main flaw of the design is the mounting plate, which tends to come loose with use. You have to constantly re-tighten the silver locking screws. The main arm has to be "unfolded" each time you use it (if you stored it "folded"), which requires re-balancing. As much as I think the Opteka works well, I lost too much time rebalancing it, and eventually I stopped using it. I feel the most important part of a stabilizer is the mounting plate balancing design.