I'd give this a five star but for the ball head. It doesn't lock well with a spotting scope or a heavy lens and camera body on it. I ended up buying a Neewer pan/tilt head, which fortunately fits the K&F tripod well. Other than that, it is a decent piece of equipment. Just keep in mind, it is a travel tripod, and won't give you a solid mount impervious to wiggling from wind or hand adjustments. For that, I continue to look for that elusive affordable tripod.

The tripod is high quality. In terms of functionality and usability, nothing is left to be desired for me. The tripod head is liquid-bearing, I would like to use the tripod with a spotting scope. In the case of jerky movements without weighting and setting up, it naturally lifts the tripod off its hinges. But 1. you don't make any jerky movements with the spotting scope mounted and 2. you can mount an additional weight on the robust metal hook. I think you should choose a different tripod head for very light setups. But the best thing is that the tripod, completely dismantled, only has a transport length of 50cm. The center column without the tripod head is then the longest part at 50cm. Scope of delivery as described, no damage or similar, very valuable transport bag that is 66cm long.

It adjusts easily, which I like. I own Manfrottos, so I know a good tripod when I see it. Out here, in the west, I get to see many different tripods for spotting scopes, cameras and bino's. I've tried a few myself also.

This is a great tripod for the money. K&F Concept delivered. I own some of their filters and gimble heads.

Didn't think I would like the ball head, but even it is really good once you get used to it.I can easily switch out the head for a gimble or gear head. It's great for my Nikon P950 camera that zooms out to 2000mm with the lens, not digitally.

It goes to 3000mm digitally. So, it's a large lens. I have put my spotting scopes and 15x56 bino's on it also. All work well and it has no problem being stable.

Love that is light-weight and I can carry with one hand, even with camera on it. It looks sharp, does what it's designed to do, and performs well as a light-weight. Definitely recommend.

Don't know anything about tripods, but just need a relatively inexpensive tripod for a spotting scope and this worked great. Liked the light weight design, looks pretty nice too and liked that it could fold up compactly. Only change I would make is the leg extension; works good enough just would've like a different mechanism to extend and retract.

Without the ball head I would give 5 stars. It doesn't lock down well with a spotting scope or a heavy lens and camera body on it. I ended up buying a Neewer pan/tilt head which luckily fits the K&F tripod nicely. Other than that, it's a decent device. Just keep in mind that it's a travel tripod and won't give you a solid mount that's impervious to wind or manual adjustments. For that, I keep looking for that elusive, affordable tripod.

Without the ball head I would give 5 stars. It doesn't lock down well with a spotting scope or a heavy lens and camera body on it. I ended up buying a Neewer pan/tilt head which luckily fits the K&F tripod nicely. Other than that, it's a decent device. Just keep in mind that it's a travel tripod and won't give you a solid mount that's impervious to wind or manual adjustments. For that, I continue to search for that elusive, affordable tripod.

I'd give this a five star but for the ball head. It doesn't lock well with a spotting scope or a heavy lens and camera body on it. I ended up buying a Neewer pan/tilt head, which fortunately fits the K&F tripod well. Other than that, it is a decent piece of equipment. Just keep in mind, it is a travel tripod, and won't give you a solid mount impervious to wiggling from wind or hand adjustments. For that, I continue to look for that elusive affordable tripod.

I'd give this a five star but for the ball head. It doesn't lock well with a spotting scope or a heavy lens and camera body on it. I ended up buying a Neewer pan/tilt head, which fortunately fits the K&F tripod well. Other than that, it is a decent piece of equipment. Just keep in mind, it is a travel tripod, and won't give you a solid mount impervious to wiggling from wind or hand adjustments. For that, I continue to look for that elusive affordable tripod.