I've known the K&F brand for years as makers of high-quality filters at reasonable prices, and they've brought that same quality to this tripod. I'm surprised at how much I love it!
It's beautiful, and has a nice, smooth surface, and sliding the legs in and out has a pleasant silky feeling with the slightest bit of resistance, which makes it feel premium - which it is. The metal is strong, the leg fasteners easy to operate, and it's tall - which is one of the most important features I look for, because especially when shooting portraits or talking on video, i find a high camera angle to be the most interesting and flattering.
The head is almost perfect. It has two adjustment knobs - one to allow for smooth, flat panning, and the other to loosen or tighten the ball which allows you to adjust the camera angle in any direction. This is my preferred setup, but even at the loosest setting, there's still enough friction that you may not even need to tighten it to hold your camera in place (unless you have a long lens). This is actually the only thing I would change about the tripod, because it may not allow for *perfectly* smooth adjustments while videoing. There's a spirit level and compass which works pretty well, I assume to help you find your way out of the forest after a bridal shoot? This is a travel tripod, after all!
I'm so glad everyone is going to Arca-Swiss attachment plates, as you no longer need to worry about losing a proprietary plate and rendering the tripod useless, and you can leave the plates attached to multiple cameras for quick attachment to various mounts. The supplied plate offers multiple mounting points and positions.
It's relatively light, but not feather weight, so I'll think twice before brining it on a long backpacking trip, but I would rather have the quality and durability than a cheap plastic one which will eventually break.