I've known the K&F brand for years as makers of high-quality filters at reasonable prices, and they've brought that same quality to this tripod. I'm surprised at how much I love it!
It's beautiful, and has a nice, smooth surface, and sliding the legs in and out has a pleasant silky feeling with the slightest bit of resistance, which makes it feel premium - which it is. The metal is strong, the leg fasteners easy to operate, and it's tall - which is one of the most important features I look for, because especially when shooting portraits or talking on video, i find a high camera angle to be the most interesting and flattering.
The head is almost perfect. It has two adjustment knobs - one to allow for smooth, flat panning, and the other to loosen or tighten the ball which allows you to adjust the camera angle in any direction. This is my preferred setup, but even at the loosest setting, there's still enough friction that you may not even need to tighten it to hold your camera in place (unless you have a long lens). This is actually the only thing I would change about the tripod, because it may not allow for *perfectly* smooth adjustments while videoing. There's a spirit level and compass which works pretty well, I assume to help you find your way out of the forest after a bridal shoot? This is a travel tripod, after all!
I'm so glad everyone is going to Arca-Swiss attachment plates, as you no longer need to worry about losing a proprietary plate and rendering the tripod useless, and you can leave the plates attached to multiple cameras for quick attachment to various mounts. The supplied plate offers multiple mounting points and positions.
It's relatively light, but not feather weight, so I'll think twice before brining it on a long backpacking trip, but I would rather have the quality and durability than a cheap plastic one which will eventually break.

I've been using this tripod for about a week now during my early morning photo walks around town, and I'm really pleased with how solid it feels despite being so light to carry. Its one-hand flip locks are truly convenient when I'm switching between spots quickly, and I love that the ball head lets me adjust my camera angle smoothly without fumbling with multiple knobs. The other day I set it up in some wet grass for a sunrise shot, and the stability impressed me even with my heavier Canon attached. Its inverted center column feature worked great when I wanted a low angle of some fallen leaves, though I wish the legs had rubber feet options for indoor use. Overall, it feels like my new go-to for local photography outings.

This brand is excellent. I am pleased with things I have ordered from them. Filters, tripods etc.

This tripod has some additional features. I thought it would be a good test.

So far so good. Everything works well, it’s sturdy, seems to be excellent quality. I am hesitant to trust it so I’ve been super careful with it. But after some use outdoors when I am moving faster, that will tell the quality. I will update if something breaks! But as of now I do recommend this.

This lightweight tripod is nicely made. I only had one issue with this tripod, and that was that the screw in adjustments on the center for the ball can be over tightened, it isn't a deal breaker, and I didn't break it. I just torqued it a little too much and noticed that the thumbscrew felt like it popped. I like that it smoothly does panning with the ball head, but it does lack the control arm that other tripods come standard with so I'm not sure how easy it will work to pan video. If you have any issues with wobble around the ball area, make sure to fully tighten the part with the degrees on it in white under the ball fully. The weight of this tripod for the max 63 inches height is what made me interested in getting this tripod. The unit comes with a level on the body, and compass (I'm not sure I'd ever need a compass but if you are doing ham radio stuff and using this for radio antenna direction it might be another useful item to consider in your purchase.). I like that the legs can be angled low going from 80 to 10 degrees so you can get really low shots for doing stuff like night timelapse of the stars. I would make sure you put it someplace where animals won't step on your gear if you leave it out overnight in the dark. I like that this is pretty light weight and has a carry bag along with that two-sided phone holder. You can take horizonal or vertical video/pictures if you have a remote. I plan on using this with my Canon digital camera to hike and take some shots out on the hiking trails because it is so light weight. I'm rating this tripod a four out of five stars, because I think the design should not have plastic thumb screws that might fail at some point later. It does look very well made, so I'm thankful to have this tripod. Thank you! -Mike

I thought it would hold binoculars. It doesn’t. The phone mount is ok but not excellent. The stand works well