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The system supports camera and gimbal setups from 3 to 40 lb.

That covers everything from a mirrorless body on a DJI RS to a fully built ARRI or RED package on a Ronin 2 or MoVI Pro and pretty much any handheld build you can think of.

It doesn’t matter whether your camera has threaded mounting points or not.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo includes threaded ball studs (1/4”-20 and 3/8”-16) for cameras with standard threads, and a Universal Ball Mount Strap for handles without threads (fits 0.75 to 1.5 inches in diameter). All the attachment hardware is in the case, so you’re covered regardless of what you’re shooting with.

For handheld cameras builds, it doesn’t matter whether your camera has threaded mounting points or not. The kit includes threaded ball studs (1/4”-20 and 3/8”-16) for cameras with standard threads, and a Universal Ball Mount Strap for handles without threads (fits 0.75 to 1.5 inches in diameter). All the attachment hardware is in the case, so you’re covered regardless of what you’re shooting with.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo works with virtually any gimbal setup.

Ring-based gimbals (Quick Connect v2 configuration): The Quick Connect v2 clamps directly to the center of a gimbal ring. Compatible rings include the Ronin 2 ring, MoVI Pro ring, and Tilta Ring (both 30mm and 25mm). Note: the DJI RS series (RS 3 Pro, RS 4, RS 5) does not come with a ring out of the box. To use Quick Connect v2 with an RS-series gimbal, you’ll need a third-party ring like the Tilta Basic or Advanced Ring Grip.

Gimbals without rings (Universal Gimbal Straps): The Universal Gimbal Straps wrap around handles from 0.75 to 1.5 inches in diameter. This works with the DJI RS-series briefcase-style handle, Ronin 2 top handle, MoVI Pro top handle, U-brackets, crossbar handles, and side handles. If your gimbal has a handle, it connects.

The vest fits operators from 5’0” to 6’9” with a belt/waist range of 28 to 46 inches. Shoulder pad height adjusts independently, so the vest sits correctly on your torso regardless of your proportions.

The fully assembled vest weighs 19.4 lb.

That may sound like a lot until you consider what it’s doing: transferring 3 to 40 lb of camera and gimbal weight off your arms, shoulders, and back and onto your core and legs. Think about it like a well-fitted hiking backpack. Hikers carry 40, 50, even 60 lb packs for hours because the weight sits on their hips and legs, not their shoulders. The vest works the same way. The weight loads onto your lower body, and your legs are built to carry it.

Operators consistently report that after a few minutes, the vest disappears. You stop noticing it because your arms, shoulders, and back aren’t carrying the camera anymore.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo is designed for cameras positioned in front of you, held in your hands,
where the camera floats weightlessly and you articulate it freely. Think of it as having the same range of
motion and flexibility as holding a camera in your hands out in front of you, except the weight is gone.

It’s not designed for traditional shoulder rig setups where the camera sits on your shoulder. The support
arms and counterbalance are calibrated for front-mounted operation, not shoulder-mounted builds.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo ships as a complete system with 21 items in a custom foam hard case. No additional purchases, no accessories to track down.

The full system includes: the vest with VEGA v2 pre-installed, both telescoping carbon fiber support arms, Quick Connect v2 hardware for ring-based gimbals, the Nimbus Crossbar for handheld shooting, Universal Gimbal Straps, Wrist Support Straps, multiple Dyneema rope lengths, threaded ball mounts, Cobra Quick Releases, a Baby Pin Vest Docking Bracket with Super Clamp, a soft accessory bag, and the hard case itself.

Five shooting configurations, ready to go.

No. Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo ships as a complete, ready-to-use system. Unlike previous Ready Rig products where you purchased the vest and components separately the VEGA counterbalance, ProArms, Nimbus Crossbar, Quick Connect and assembled them yourself, the Nimbus Pro Combo includes everything pre-installed in one SKU.

Open the case, build the vest on the docking bracket, and start shooting. No separate purchases, no upgrades required.

Yes. The VEGA v2 counterbalance comes pre-installed on the vest, ready to go out of the case. You don't need to buy the VEGA separately.

There's a small learning curve, but it's not steep. Most operators are comfortable after one session of playing around with it. It's significantly more intuitive than something like traditional Steadicam operation.

Read our quick start guide to get up and running fast. You'll spend some time learning how to tune the counterbalance and how the different configurations feel. But once you get past that initial learning period, the tool becomes extremely fast and intuitive. That's when operators start swearing by it.

Under two minutes from case to shooting, and one person handles everything.

Mount the Vest Docking Bracket on your cart or C-stand, build the vest on the bracket at working height (no bending down), select your configuration, and go. Two carbon fiber support arms slide into the shoulder clamps, you open two latches, slide the arms on, and attach the counterbalance connection on each side.

Once the vest is built, it stays built for the day. Getting into the vest and starting to shoot after that is nearly instant. Switching between configurations or camera payloads is fast enough to do between setups on a moving shoot day.

You unlatch the shoulder clamp, slide the support arm forward or back to change the lever arm length,
and lock it. That’s it. When the arms sit parallel to the ground and the camera doesn’t drift up or down, the
camera is perfectly weightless. No tools, no dials, no calibration.

Once you get comfortable with tuning after a few sessions, it becomes a matter of seconds. This lets you
adapt quickly on set, adjusting for different camera payloads, switching between single arm and dual arm,
or changing configurations, all without slowing down the production.

Two different ways for two different situations.

Handheld mode with Nimbus Crossbar (stationary and controlled moves): When you're not walking, the system is incredibly smooth. Because the camera is weightless and there's no counterbalance tension to fight, you can position and float the camera anywhere you want. Booming, sliding, wrapping around a subject. Movements that would be impossible to keep smooth while fighting the weight of a camera become effortless.

Handheld mode with Nimbus Crossbar (walking): When walking in handheld mode, the system helps smooth out jarring movement and gives you an organic, floaty feel. It's not a traditional stabilizer like a Steadicam or gimbal. It requires technique. But because you're not fighting weight or tension, you can devote more mental energy to your technique, which is what actually produces clean footage. If you want powered stabilization when walking, put a gimbal on it and you have exactly that.

Gimbal mode (walking): When paired with a gimbal, the counterbalance helps separate the camera from your body movement, reducing that z-axis bounce your gimbal can't correct on its own. The result is smoother, more organic movement.

Nothing hangs directly above your head. Nothing extends wider than your shoulders. Nothing sticks out more than a few inches behind your back. The entire system stays within your natural body silhouette. That means you fit through doorways, work in tight spaces, get into vehicles, and move around crowded sets without tracking where the rig is. You map your body with it intuitively. When you stop thinking about the support system, all that mental energy goes into the shot.

Most camera support vests use springs or elastics with progressive loading. That means there's a narrow "sweet spot" where the tension actually matches your camera weight. Above or below that range, you're either lifting the camera or pushing against resistance. Part of your brain is always managing the arm instead of the shot.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo uses natural rubber latex bands in a simple seesaw mechanical design that creates perfectly neutral, constant-force balance across the entire boom range. Top to bottom, the camera feels the same: zero. No sweet spot to find, no tension changes to fight. Position the camera anywhere you want and it stays there. The camera is genuinely weightless, giving you fingertip control and smooth boom movements with zero effort.

This is also our patented two-arm system. The dual support arm design distributes the load evenly, keeps the camera centered, and gives you the maximum range of motion and control.

Yes. The Nimbus Crossbar configuration is built specifically for handheld shooting. The crossbar connects both deployed support arms together, creating a single centered pick point. A Dyneema rope drops from the center of the crossbar and connects to your camera through a Locking Quick Release. This means the camera hangs from one balanced point between both arms, giving you smooth boom and lateral movement.

Your monitor mounts on the crossbar itself, separated from the camera and right in your eye line. The camera can move freely, tilt, roll, rotate around a subject, and you never lose eyes on the frame. That monitor separation frees you to focus on operating instead of constantly repositioning your monitor to see the shot. Three rope lengths (15cm, 25cm, 45cm) plus a 1m DIY kit let you dial in exactly where you want the camera to sit. Threaded ball mounts (1/4”-20 and 3/8”-16) and a Universal Ball Mount Strap cover cameras with or without threaded handles.

Quick Connect v2:Clamps to ring-based gimbals at the nodal point, the center of gravity where the
gimbal, ring, and camera weight meet. Connecting at that point means the camera balances naturally and
you get fingertip control with a compact form factor. There’s no hanging structure directly above your
head, so you have full flexibility to boom up, boom down, and move laterally through the entire range.
Your primary gimbal configuration.

Nimbus Crossbar: Bridges both support arms together, creating a single centered pick point for handheld
shooting. Your monitor mounts on the crossbar, separated from the camera and right in your eye line.
That means the camera can fly anywhere, tilt, roll, and rotate around a subject while you keep eyes on
the frame without repositioning your monitor. When you can always see what you’re shooting regardless
of where the camera is, that’s where flow state happens. Smooth boom and lateral movement through a
Dyneema rope connection.

Single Arm: One arm deployed, one stowed against the vest’s safety latch. Extremely compact footprint
for tight on-set locations where you want to stay low-profile and move fast with a minimal setup.
Unrestricted 360-degree pan from a single pick point.

Dual Arm: Both arms deployed with Universal Gimbal Straps for gimbals without rings. This is the most
flexible configuration because the two arms are fully independent. You can position them anywhere you
want and attach to any point on the gimbal. The straps adapt to multiple handle diameters and have an
anti-slip grip so they lock onto handles, U-brackets, or crossbar handles without slipping. That independence gives you a lot of creative options for different builds beyond the gimbal ring or the Nimbus
Crossbar’s single pick point.

Wrist Strap: Fabric wrist straps on the arm ends. The vest supports your arm weight while nothing is attached to the gimbal frame. That’s what makes it the most compact build. You can move your arms inward for tight spaces or hand off the gimbal instantly, because there’s nothing connecting it to the vest.
It’s as if you’re shooting without a vest on at all, but your arms aren’t carrying the weight. Primarily used for complex handoff shots where you’re grabbing a gimbal off a vehicle, drone, or another platform mid-shot, but the freedom it gives you works in any situation where you want zero connection between the
vest and the camera.

The Dyneema rope is fixed-length, not adjustable on the fly. We include multiple lengths (15cm, 25cm, 45cm) and a 1m DIY kit. The Locking Quick Release lets you swap between them in seconds.

If you purchased every component in the Nimbus Pro Combo separately, the combined retail value exceeds $6,500. You're getting the complete Ready Rig platform in one SKU at a significant savings.

The real value shows up over time. Many of our customers have said the vest literally paid for itself many times over and has been the single best investment in camera equipment they've bought. Operators have rented their systems to productions, expanded the kinds of work they could take on, and grown as filmmakers with the creative flexibility the system gives them. It's the kind of tool that becomes part of your kit permanently.

Having all five configurations means you always have options. You'll likely use one or two for most of your work, but when a shot calls for something different, everything is already in the case. Tight space that needs a minimal setup? Single Arm. Complex handoff from a drone? Wrist Strap. Director wants a handheld look with separated monitor? Nimbus Crossbar.

The flexibility lets you be more nimble on set, add more value to the shoot, and try things you wouldn't have attempted otherwise. You're not figuring out a solution on the fly or wishing you had the right hardware. It's all there, ready to go.

There are several classes of camera support systems, and they each come with tradeoffs.

Hanging-type systems use a structure that goes directly above your head and suspends the camera below it. That overhead structure limits your ability to boom up, contacts doorways, and extends beyond your body. You're always tracking where it is and managing around it.

Wide-profile vest systems run support from the back and around the lower body. The arms extend wider than your shoulders and often protrude behind you. You end up with a large footprint that doesn't fit through standard doorways, and you're constantly aware of the extra width because it's outside your natural sense of where your body ends.

Multi-spring systems can require extended setup time, tuning multiple springs to match your camera weight. Some need assistance from another person to adjust on the fly.

Systems without true constant-force counterbalance use fixed rigid lines or elastics that don't achieve perfect balance across the full range. There's always a zone where the camera feels heavier or lighter, and the operator is compensating. These systems also don't absorb walking steps. They can actually increase unwanted motion in the image, so you trade comfortability for image and on-set performance.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo stays within your natural silhouette, nothing hanging directly above the head, nothing wider than the shoulders. It deploys in under two minutes without assistance. And the constant-force counterbalance makes the camera genuinely weightless across the entire boom range, not just in a narrow sweet spot. You don't have to trade comfort for image quality.

Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo is a complete standalone product, not an upgrade kit. It cannot be assembled by upgrading an existing GS or GS + ProArm. They're different products.

The GS Standard has single-stage arms (not telescoping ProArms) and does not include the VEGA counterbalance, Nimbus Crossbar, Quick Connect v2, or hard case. The GS + ProArm has telescoping ProArms but also does not include those additional components.

If you own a GS or GS + ProArm and want to add individual capabilities like the VEGA counterbalance or Nimbus Crossbar, those are available as separate upgrade components on our website. The Nimbus Pro Combo is for operators who want to buy a complete vest with everything included, pre-installed, and ready to go in a single case.

The vest is constructed with carbon fiber support arms, high-grade machined aluminum components, and stainless steel hardware. We use bonded nylon stitching (significantly stronger than standard clothing thread), heavy-duty Dyneema fabrics, high-quality foam, and aero mesh for breathability. Every component goes through a rigorous quality inspection process.

This is the same frame design and technology we've deployed on sets for over a decade. Thousands of operators have logged thousands of hours on this platform across narrative features, documentary, live events, broadcast, and commercial production, and it's still as dependable as day one. The system comes with a 1-year warranty, but operators have been running their Ready Rig systems for years of heavy professional use.

Every Ready Rig Nimbus Pro Combo comes with a 1-year warranty. We've been servicing rigs globally for over 10 years. Plenty of customers have refreshed their systems after beating them up on thousands of shoot days, everything from swamps to extreme weather. That said, the rigs are very durable. Repairs are typically only needed after extended heavy use.

We've productized all replacement parts so they're individually available on our website. When we design any component, we make sure it's replaceable.

If something wears out, you order the part and it ships from our warehouse same day (rush orders available). We provide detailed installation videos, step-by-step repair guides, and visual diagrams so you can handle the repair yourself without shipping the system in. You can fix it on set the same day, or buy replacement parts ahead of time to have on hand.

Everything packs into a hard case measuring 24.75 x 20 x 11.5 inches with custom EVA foam. Total system weight is 43.21 lb (boxed shipping weight: 49.16 lb). The case needs to be checked luggage on flights. The soft accessory bag stores smaller hardware and fits inside the case. Everything has a dedicated spot in the foam, so packing and unpacking is fast.

No. The system requires an operator wearing the vest. The counterbalance uses natural rubber latex bands, and the human body acts as the damper in the system. Without an operator wearing the vest and controlling the camera with their hands, the system doesn't function as a stabilizer. It's designed to transfer weight off your body while you control the camera, not to stabilize a camera independently. Vehicle-mounting systems are a different class of equipment that use mechanical dampers and springs specifically designed to stop sway and unwanted motion from the vehicle.