This stand is small and easy to carry and has undressed anyway a good length. The course can only go at the expense of stability and resilience. So you have to decide what you want first. A tripod according to the pull-out antenna principle has of course always the problem that after a certain imbalance rotating the head down. For larger cameras so useless, but quite suitable for GoPro. The 3-D-angle adjustment is of course not comparable to high-quality tripods but works quite well. For the price (currently 11), I can recommend this tripod to anyone who wants above all a lightweight, small to verstauendes tripod.