I'm really excited about this tripod. The ball head is the hammer. Ok, my first ball head, before I had a Hama aluminum part, which was very shaky. This here is very stable and is quite "tight"! So for this price there is absolutely nothing to complain about. The shipment was carried out lightning fast, even before debiting !! To me it looks visually expensive tripods very similar ;-) Conclusion: Buy! Thumbs far upwards.