[Wavytone]

Hell yes... the planet is vastly stiffer tripod. Steffen had one at Blackheath recently with his mak on it and it was quite superior to both the Losmandy LW and surveyors tripod I currently use. Made me quite envious as I also need a beefy mount for the Russian Tank.

Steffen had asked Berlebach to modify it slightly so that the legs open wider apart - the standard version has the legs fairly close together.

What impressed me most though was the head of the tripod, it was larger than the photos imply and very nicely engineered.

I had a vixen mount before, on the HAL ... not impressed frankly.