Sirui VH-10 Fluid Head Review

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Here is an expert from the written review:


After we praised the Sirui T-2204X tripod and gave a thumbs up for the K-30X ballhead in our last 2 reviews, it is time to test one of the company's fluid heads. Sirui has several video heads divided into two main lines - the prosumer line which includes the VA and VH compact fluid heads and the professional BCH line. All the VA/VH heads have a flat base while the BCH are 75mm or 100mm ball compatible.

The VH-10 is the mid size fluid head in the VH line with an official load of 6kg (or 13.2lbs) while the larger VH-15 has a similar design and an official load of 10kg (or 22lbs). The much larger BCH heads have a very different design with more features and support for up to 18kg (40lbs) in the largest BHC-30 model.

Let's take a closer look at the VH10:

The build quality of the VH-10, just like the rest of the company's products that we have tested, is extremely good and the entire head is made of forged aircraft aluminum and feels very nice.
Although the head is rather small it weighs almost 1kg (or just under 2lbs) and you can feel it in the hand. At the end of the day it is still quite compact for a fluid head.
As we noted the official carrying capacity of the VH-10 is 6KG (or 13.2lbs), we didn't encounter any issues on this front and even with all the gear that we could load at around 4kg the head functioned very well. As for the counter balance it is rated at 2KG (or 3.2lbs) and indeed it was unable to handle our heavier cage so keep this in mind.
The pan of the head is pretty smooth. However, there are two things that can be improved - first - it has no drag control so it is either open or closed. The second thing is that the head doesn't have a good way to lock itself to the top plate of the tripod (unlike the Sirui K-30X ballhead for example). For this reason if you try to pan to the right and the head is not 100% secure to the top plate of the tripod, you might spin the head instead of panning it - so make sure the head is really secured to your tripod.