Good point, but this was not designed with carrying a tripod at the same time. While it might be a pain, if you needed a tripod you'd have to set it up and the only thing you'd have to do is attached a tripod plate for whatever tripod you were using. You don't need to remove the Cotton Carrier plate as it allows for screwing in the tripod plate. This product was meant for the active shooter like sports, biking, skiing etc where a tripod would not be used.