Lever locks has a habit of pinching fingers etc.
Never managed to jam my fingers in a lever lock. I have seen twist locks play up though, they seem more prone to "slipping" or not tightening than lever locks.
Lever is a one-handed lock, the only twist I ever (briefly) had use of took two hands as I recall
I much prefer lever, but as has been said its seems to be more of a personal choice than any real benefit either way
Dave
No idea what what you were using but you don't need 2 hands and as I mentioned above you can unlock multiple sections with one hand in about a second. It's much quicker than any lever system.
Thanks for the replies all,
I was wondering if there was some ground-breaking advantage
My Manfrotto is just a flick of the thumb per level so hardly slow, not that speed has ever really been an issue if using a tripod
Dave
it is also much easier to collapse a tripod with levers , just turn it upside down flip all the levers and it folds itself.
....Speed of adjusting and using a tripod is ALWAYS an issue when shooting wildlife action.
....I would love to see you turn it upside down with a gimbal head and supertelephoto lens and full-size D-SLR body mounted! But to be fair, I understand your point if you only have a small camera combo mounted, although I still wouldn't turn it upside down personally with anything mounted.
You can unlock and lock three levers all at once
You probably don't have to pitch your tripods in bramble infested places as often as I do... the familiar call of 'Gerrrofff' can often be heard when I'm packing away in the dark!I must be a very lucky chappie, in 73 years of using tripods I hve never had a leg lock snag on anything yet. But give me time☺