An amazing tripod with ball head and the bowl, the tripod is very light weight compared to size (149.5 cm accurately without any heads attached), very stable and looks like it can definitely handle 15-20 kg like a charm. I am a wildlife photographer and already own an old aluminum gitzo and a carbon fiber benro, the quality of this tripod is quite to a match of benro (not gitzo). The tripod had a little scuff on one of the pulling plates to widen the leg but I'm not too worried about that. The ball head easily takes weight of my Canon 500mm prime and body. I've also bought the H85 video head and that's quite good for the price you pay for aswell. Took some test shots during the night to check the stability of the tripod and the ball head combo for my wildlife setup and you can see it works like a charm, turned off the IS and shutter speed at 1/30 sec still pin sharp image!! Check images and if want to ask me anything about the tripod the go to @jeetmori on Instagram will surely answer.