I have never had a nice tripod and now I do. This came with a lot of accesories and excellent instructions. I do many product reviews and needed something like this to hold my camera in place high enough to take good pictures. I set it up and tried with the phone worked great. I then used my camera which has a timer on it. I liked how I could adjust it to the right level for what I wanted. It's very sturdy and the locks to hold it in the position you want work very well. When I used my regular camera I just unattached the accessory for the cell phone and screwed my camera on top easily. It's so easy to adjust however you want or need. Very durable and closes up so small to fit in it's carrying case with ease. I don't know how I did without it.