Well, I do not use a camera tripod that often and when I do, I like a good one. I had a project that I needed to raise a camera over a corn field, which will not happen any time soon now since this is on its was back to Amazon.The design is brilliant and versatile, since I was spending the money on a tripod to replace all of my $35 or less tripods and the added height. This looked like the cat's meow. Especially considering it was direct competition for my bog pod, this looked like it was going to be even more stable and easy to set up. The bog pod has zero center support or locks short of the legs.However, the problems appeared in the actual construction. The locks, were a bit of of a bother to loosen up, the legs stuck while sliding out, and it was WOBBLY! I traced the wobble back to the rubber feet. This thing would bounce back and forth like a spring. I tried it on several surfaces with and without a camera, I also tried putting weight on the hook, no effect,If it was constructed slightly better the only thing I would not have liked was the monopod. Coming in at 5' 10" the top adjustment for height was to low (below my waist) for me to easily set it up. I had to move away from the view finder to reach it and once tightened, it was to high or to low. I use a lot of bipod so the idea behind adjusting the legs is pretty strait forward, but it appeared to be to much to adjust. A pity.It weighed in more than I thought it would compared to the specs. While heavy may be horrible for carrying long distances I thought perhaps it would survive minor wind gusts.I wish it would have worked, its versatile nature is very appealing and I have yet to find another brand offering anything similar.