Tripods and Bipods

[iego]

So I bought a nice long distance rifle, and I bought a "cheap" bipod (and relatively expensive) monopod.

It's really loose, the bipod. Should it be? Or should it be stiff, barely able to move?

It angles almost everywhere, which I suppose is good for people shooting around obstacles, etc., but mainly I am just straight up target shooting.

Is the right way to use bipods, is to be comfortable using them while they rotate, and making them fix, stay, where you want them, when you want them there?

Or am I better off tightening this thing on up, so it stays basically in one position, and then I shoot around it?

Thanks for any guidance.

-John