I purchased this tripod for my charity, founded by my sister and I 9 years ago. We had our first 2 day event this July 2011 where people were coming from all over to camp out and join with us on an awareness weekend, just getting to know each other. I had found a 10 litre coffee pot in USA and needed the tripod to hang it over the fire. I bought the tripod and was really pleased with it, but when placing it over our fire pit realized with such a large coffee pot the height was not right. One of our guys that helps us very cleverly extended the tripod for us and it worked great. For an ordinary sized pan, dutch oven pot or kettle this tripod would work really well. I have no regrets at buying it and in fact would now like to buy the bigger triple stand for over our next fire.
The tripod comes in a carry bag, folds down really neat, but long, and is easy to pack away.