The tripod comes in a black bag made of padded nylon fabric with zipper. A manual is not included. In the packed state, the tripod legs are at a maximum extended center column folded at the joint level upwards, so that the ball head between the tripod feet comes to rest. In fact, this results in a pack size of only 31 cm! The anodized surfaces look classy. Also haptic tripod is pleasant. The fixing screws can be easily operated and are fixed with little effort. The tripod legs can be locked in a plurality of angles. The full working height of 160 cm can only be achieved by the central column is again fully extended. The ball head holds without problems a 2.5kg building. Panorama panning running smoothly. The precision ball shows no shocks and it must be held with ease by the locking screw. - A leg can remove it from the tripod and connect with the extended center column to a monopod. - With the 70-200mm f / 2.8 lens on the Sony Alpha 77 II this tripod has reached the breaking point. Only criticism: For compact nice tripod ball head comes with a quick release plate of only 25 mm width on the application, so you have to change the existing 38-mm copies of the camera and lens clamp. And that's not fast, because of the narrow plate has a screw with folding wings no place. So you have to always have the matching Allen key. I decided to return this stunningly beautiful part again, and am now waiting for a slightly more expensive and less compact lightweight carbon fiber with a pack size of 41 cm (Q-999C, different labels) - and hopefully with a "normal" quick release plate.
