Crikey!
Hey, Cage, a quiet word to the wise. It's OK to talk about politics, football teams, Canon vs Nikon, climate change, marriage equality, tax reform, religion, bicycle helmets, social diseases, drugs ... you know, this is a pretty liberal place.
But don't mention the tripod locks! Stick to the weather or religion, it's safer.
Jokes aside, I have no opinion on twist locks v lever locks. I've always had had lever locks and have no experience with twist locks. Sometimes the lever locks bug me, but I'm sure that twist locks would too, only in different ways. I've owned about four or five tripods, all Manfrottos, all lever locks, and they have all been fine. Some people I respect reckon twist locks are much better, especially Gitzo ones. I pretend that I don't want twist locks because they take longer to operate (probably not true) or because lever locks are better at coping with the sand and mud I often work in (possible, by no means certain), but really it's just that I'm used to the other sort.
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I mentioned the tripod locks once but I think I got away with it all right.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xnNhzgcWTk