the tripod works amazing! I bought this for my two sons to use in our popup blind and while hunting coyotes. Our shots seem to be from 75-200 yards and they just don't have the muscle control to ethically make that shot without some help. The tripod is rock solid and with the locking ball, they can really get settled in and make a good shot.
This is an excellently made tripod component. Works silky smooth. Love that it is preconfigured with a built-in bottom Arca-Swiss mounting plate.
The one small improvement I’d recommend is one small mark on the panning handle, perhaps a red dot or an engraved mark. This way you can eye-ball a full 180° rotation of the handle. Makes it easy to know if you changed the sightline by 2°, 4°, 6°, or 8°. I used a small metal file to mark the panning handle so I can judge the starting and ending point of the rotation.