Camera Stabilizer

Now that I have my camera I have been tinkering and want to take more video so I was looking to get a stabilizer but I am torn between these two styles. The one with the weight makes sense to me, but how many use the one with the handle over the camera itself? I just figure the one with the weight won't get that low so all my shots will still be high. What do you use and thoughts?

Top one for sure... It will actually help steady the shot while the bottom one just make it's a little easier to hold onto, but does little for stabilizing. Also I really don't think having the counter weights below will hinder your shots, I pretty sure that thing will get low enough to get a decent shot. If you want any lower just take it off the rig, but I'm sure you'll notice it's less often then you think.