I have been doing photography as well as video projects for over 25 years and I am always looking for stuff to add to my collection. Tripods are something that I use a lot, especially when doing landscape and astrophotography and this one will come in really handy. It is fluid and easy to move but I do wish that it would have an actual handle and not a knob because it does get a little tricky when using a full-sized camera. It also uses the newer style of connection so all of your older camera clips won't work with this tripod. They do provide two mounts however if you are like me and have multiple cameras, you might need to invest in some new mounts. The biggest thing this tripod provides is height, LOTS of height! Fully extended it nearly reaches my beams in the basement which are just over seven feet. At first, I wasn't sure why they did this but then I considered how handy that would be for using the GoPro and doing star and sky videos. For most times I won't be extending it that high, but it is nice that the tripod goes up to eye level, so I don't have to bend over at all when doing regular photography. It's about as stable as any tripod I own or have ever used; at its tallest I doubt I would ever use a DSLR or large mirrorless camera unless I was sure that the tripod was thoroughly weighted down. If anything comes up or if parts of it fails while I get out doing projects, I will come back and update my review. For now, I have no problem recommending this tripod to anyone looking for what so far seems to be a pretty good option.