Unpacking - touch - amazed! Who has already preferred stable tripods knows the feeling - "in the long run pretty hard." However, stable and indestructible. As it was just to be expected with Manfrotto, and is. When I took this for the first time from the box, I thought of a missing part or something. I was missing for so an "optically large part" the weight. Fortunately, nothing was missing, the Dind no longer weighs just - great. I forgive 5 star even though I've been thinking a short time on 4. The reason is the very delicate carbon surface. Light scratch prone. The downside, however. No matter what kind of material, each stand showing signs of wear when it is in use. The realization that a good tripod does not necessarily stay beautiful, must meet special rather hundreds or thousands of times its purpose and other stands by me after a short time also had visible signs of wear, fixed my judgment on smooth 5 Stars. That has just earned. Too much, I had not yet in use, should be here or there arise a recognizable and legitimate negative, I'll just write a comment. At the present time I can make a Kaufempfelung.
