I did wonder about this tripod. For all intense purposes it resembles a Berlebach UNI tripod but couldn't understand if it is why they would drop the name when advertising it and why put it in MISC's. Having had several upsets with astroboot in the past (all resolved promptly I might add) I have learned not to take things on assumption just because the item picture shows one thing it doesn't mean that's what your going to get. If it is A1 and the quality matches a Berlebach then it's a good