Light weight, good looking etc but I wouldn't recommend it for anything other than VERY light use. With just a little trial use, I found the bottom or 2 to flex a lot just trying to keep it stable with a mid-weight DSLR. I figured that with a lot of use it would probably bend and become unusable. So I removed an asterisk for 2 thin and weak areas. Then I subtract a star for the screw caps. They do the job and run smoothly, but unlocking/relocking requires a lot of twisting and there are just too many issues with them. I returned him because he was weak and destined to break.