This tripod is great. It's sturdy, its right, so people won't miss seeing it and walk into one of the legs. Easily adjustable for height, tilt, etc. The carrier pack for it is nice too. A handle, a zipper and a little extra room in there for a cloth, but not so much extra room that it seems like you'd lose stuff in there. I think for the money, this light weight yellow aluminum tri pod is the best thing going. And, it has an adapter for using a phone on it to take videos or pictures with that. Leg flip locks work great. Rubber feet are good. Center column lock knob is ok. Vertical tilt ok. Horizontal rotation lock knob. ok. Only gripe is the plastic head and leg clasps, but then again... that is why it is so light