[Aluminum] I have not had great experiences with tripods this size and price. Not in this case! This tripod delivers! I love it. It is perfectly crafted, compact and performs well. Typically, pan and tilt has glitches with similar tripods. Not with the MUFA. Perfect pan and tilt. I can’t say enough great things about this tripod.

[11.155 lb] I actually bought this for my nephew in video school. I played with it and realized my cheapo one that I occasionally use is a cheapo lol. This feels and moves butter smooth. I may pick one up again for myself.

[Aluminum] Shocked how sturdy this is, built like a tank.

Fluid head quite nice. Great for my DSLR rig. I'm not new to film/tv but new as a shooter and this feels like a great investment.

Wish it had a way to quickly do "Dutch" shots but might just be my inexperience.

[34.2 x 8.7 x 7"] It's works great, good price, smooth and lightweight.

[Spiked] The assembly was a breeze and how it performed given the price is well above most also it's lightweight and can support double its weight and it's very sturdy

[Aluminum] I am using this tripod for a Lumix GH6 that has a cage and various attachments. This is a great tripod for that type of rig. It is very solid and I have a lot of confidence in it. The leg locks are tight and the spreader helps with overall stability. he ball head pan and tilt are smooth, although I use it mostly as a stationary platform. In my opinion this tripod has features and build of more expensive units. I was influenced by other positive Internet reviews.

[Flip Lock] Just unboxed these legs and gave an initial test. Very heavy duty and solid. It appears to have good craftsmanship and I actually like it better than my Manfrotto 545B three stage with spreader because the Miliboo feels stronger. No regrets with this purchase.

[Flip Lock] This also works very well for a small telescope. I've tried a number of different solutions for everything from a 70mm refractor to a 6SCT and this tripod would handle the weight for all of them but is actually only a good solution for a couple of them in my opinion. Specifically, the 70mm refractor. Unless you are always looking at zenith and even then, I'm not so sure something couldn't be worked out, this works beautifully. Scanning the night time sky up to 70 degrees, is better than anything else I've seen or tried in this price range. There are better solutions, to be sure, especially used but for $175, hands down the easiest and most satisfying experience to date. The fluid head is fantastic. Not sure I would go over 10 pounds in total, and even 10 pounds might be pushing it but the 70mm refractor is well under 10 pounds. Of course if you are need or want something that is go to this will not work.

[11.155 lb] Both this fluid head and tripod clearly tried to do something different. Whether that's a good of bad thing, I leave that up to you. For the tripod the first thing I noticed was that there's only one set of release tabs for both stages. I thought this was a mistake until I realized that loosening them and tightening them effects both stages. It's a novel design, but I kind of like it: one less thing to do and undo when raising and lowering it.

For the fluid head again something I noticed missing was the fluid/drag adjustments. But when trying the head out I noticed that the speed at which you whip seems to effect the resistance on the pan and tilt of the head. Over all it's definitely a different design than I'm accustomed to. It takes some getting used to, sure, but considering the huge weight capacity for the price, I think it's an amazing deal!

[34.2 x 8.7 x 7"] Used this tripod to photograph the sun using a white light filter. It has no problem handling the Pentax K-3 and Pentax 70-210mm and 1.4x TC. = 441mm with the K-3's 1.5x crop added in. The complete setup was rock solid.