I've been using this ball head for over 2 years now and well what can I say other than it's awesome and so strong. very solid as well for those challenging shooting conditions such as strong winds, the best $500 you'll spend on a ball head.
Would you consider making a planning clamp? as a landscape photographer, its a pain to level the entire tripod on location. Most of the time, I'd like to just get the camera and clamp level when I shoot panoramas. Having the panning mechanism on the base is nearly useless for me.
I'm sorry for the delay, we had to remake all the parts due to explosive demand for these. We're catching up now. I think by end of this month we'll have plenty of them.