SiRUI AM-324 Cabon Fiber Travel Tripod, 57'' Professional Heavy Duty Camera Tripod with 4-Sections Legs, Max Tube Dia 32mm, Loads Up 39.7lbs/19KG

So solidIncredible adjustmentI use it with my smart scope

This is hands down the best vale to performance legs I’ve ever used, quality is superb and it’s had heavy use using the Sirui ph20 gimbal and my z8 180-600 combo, I’ve used it in all weather for wildlife including the recent heavy snow and it has been fantastic. Highly recommended.

This is solid but lightweight tripod that extends to a good height. Looking forward to trying out in Thailand next March. Was originally carbon fibre dark grey, however I decided to camouflage it.

Tripod is really sturdy. This is my first (well technically, second) carbon fibre tripod and am really impressed.But...I bought a carbon fibre Three Legged Thing Winston tripod but it had fault on a couple of the leg locks and had to go back. I needed a tripod quickly so ordered this for next day delivery. All good, except the blurb said the ball head had a magnetic Allen key. I thought I'd take that off as I didn't want magnets near to my cameras or lenses. When the tripod came it turns out the Allen key isn't magnetic, but is held in place with magnets.This is where it gets daft. I didn't want magnets near to my cameras and lenses - against all logic and laws of physics - in case they were affected by the magnetic field.The quick release base plate is held on the the ball by an Allen screw. You can buy different quick release base plates, so I thought I'd remove this one with magnets and replace it with one without.The problem is the the screw into the ball holding the base plate is made of something akin to cream cheese and the Allen key just turned an hexagonal hole into a faintly round one without too much effort.So I then decided to try to remove the magnets. I assumed they were glued in so thought I'd heat the magnets with a soldering iron, melt the glue and they would drop out. This didn't work. Drill them out I thought. Nope, the are as hard as glass. Drill the material around them away and prise them out. This just created a mess.I bought a new ball head - call it the stupidity tax - and have hidden the old one away so I can try to forget my folly.When the embarrassment has subsided I will buy a stud removing kit to try to extract the cream cheese screw and be in the position of having a spare ball head.Just to clarify the tripod is great and I'm sure the ball head is fine - I just don't trust magnets and their invisible force fields.The feet don't seem to have the same thread as all the spare generic tripod feet available online, so don't know how good Sirui aftersales and spares supply is. They don't have many spares on their website. Might be a consideration.