The shipment had gone without packaging, the flap opening out, no great packaging. The tripod is of good quality (processing), unfortunately too shaky for binoculars to observe stars (alone the focus of the binoculars can jiggle the tripod violently. Also, the adjustment too stiff for that. At every adjustment it jerks and a sensitive navigation is not possible. I can only guess Astronomy fans some extra money to invest and to choose a heavier tripod that is more stable. For cameras with remote release it may not be bad, but in video pans there will probably be problems. Too bad!