I’ve been using this to shoot off a tripod with a 28Nos and a 30PRC. Stable, great adjustment, and smooth. I’ve also been pleasantly satisfied with using my Razor 85 spotter on it as well. I thought the thumb adjustment would be difficult but have felt it adequate for glassing most things.
While I really appreciate the quality of the product and it all works and functions as expected. Everything seems of the highest quality. I'm being nit-picky when it comes to the ball head lever - it takes quite a bit of force to lock and unlock. It absolutely locks down completely solid, no movement - but I got the tripod for both myself and my daughter to use and she struggles releasing the ball to adjust her position.
Mainly purchased this for night hunting and once I removed the additional weights it's super light and very sturdy. I can tell the rigidity is improved with the proprietary leg shape, which I thought was a gimmick, but indeed it is not!