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Manfrotto MPMXPROA4, four sections, D-profile tubes review

Eighty euros for a page with five bullets, one number and three adjectives: four sections, D-profile tubes, and no height, load, foot or thread anywhere.

By Jean-Benoit Buisson

The bottom line D-profile tubes and a cold grip are real engineering, and at 80 € they arrive with no height, no load, no foot, no material and no thread. Seven other pages on this shelf publish more for less; this one asks the buyer to trust the name.

On the listing

Five bullets, and four of them are one line each. D-profile tubes guaranteeing rigidity and stability; a redesigned cold-resistant grip for secure, fast movement; a claim that the pole allows professional work with telephoto lenses; the product name repeated; and the word Auszüge followed by the figure 4.

One number on the whole page

Four sections, and nothing else measured. No height, no folded length, no load, no thread, no weight, no foot. Every other listing on this shelf publishes at least three of those, and the two cheapest publish five.

The D-profile is a real claim

A flattened tube resists twisting better than a round one of the same wall thickness, and it gives the locking collar a flat face to grip. Of the eight poles here, this is the only one making a claim about the SHAPE of its tubes rather than their material or their number.

A grip for cold hands

Held continuously, outdoors, often in winter: the part of a monopod that touches skin is the part that matters over an afternoon. The second bullet is the only one on this shelf to address it.

What eighty euros does not buy here

The height the pole reaches. Every other page here puts that in its title, and the comparison this shelf exists to make cannot be made with this one.

Availability

Between 80 € and 99 € on the German, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores when this page was last checked.

The American and British Amazon stores carry it too, priced in local currency. Those amounts are deliberately absent from the range above, which reads euro stores only.

Everything in this section is the figure Keepa carried on the day of the last update to this page. Availability and prices shift without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 13 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it does well, and what it gives up

Strengths

D-profile tubes, a genuine stiffness claim: a non-circular section resists twisting better than a round tube of the same weight
A redesigned cold-resistant grip, which is the part held bare-handed in winter
Four sections, so the top tube is wider than on the five- and six-section poles here

Compromises

No maximum height — the only page on this shelf without one
No load, no foot, no material, no thread and no folded length
Eighty euros for one published figure and three adjectives

Specifications

Maximum height	Not published. It is the only page on this shelf that does not state how tall the pole stands — the figure every other listing here puts in its title
Folded length	Not published
Section count	Four, in the fifth bullet, written as the single word Auszüge followed by the figure. It is the only number on the page
Lock type	Not named. Four sections mean three joints, and how they close is not stated
Declared load	Not published. The third bullet says the pole allows professional work with telephoto lenses, which is a use rather than a rating — and on this shelf the seven other pages either publish a figure or, in two cases, omit it while describing the tube
Foot design	Not described. No rubber pad, no spike, no base: the hub above calls the foot the part that differs most from a tripod leg, and this page does not mention the bottom of the pole at all
Material	Not named. The first bullet claims D-profile tubes guaranteeing rigidity and stability, which describes the cross-section and not what it is made of
Head mount	Not published. No thread size appears, so what fits on top is unknown before the pole arrives
Amazon reference	B01M5DGZBN (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN	8024221667134

What people ask before they commit

What is a D-profile tube?

A tube whose cross-section is flattened on one side rather than round. The first bullet claims it guarantees rigidity and stability, and the geometry supports the claim: resistance to twisting depends on the shape of the section as much as on the wall thickness, and a flat face gives the locking collar something to grip against rotation. It is the one substantive statement on the page.

How much does the missing height figure matter?

It is the first thing a buyer needs. Every other pole here puts its maximum in the title — 155, 160, 170, 176, 177, 190 cm — because the whole question is whether the camera reaches the eye. This page states the number of sections and stops, which means the reach cannot be compared with anything on the shelf.

Is a cold-resistant grip a real feature?

Yes, and it is specific to this kind of support. A monopod is held continuously, often outdoors, and bare aluminium at low temperature is painful within minutes. The second bullet names a redesigned grip for secure, fast movement; on a pole used at winter sport or in a hide that is a working detail rather than a flourish.