I’ve used a variety of different tripod & head combinations over the years, including 3 way geared heads and ballheads. My first geared head was a Manfrotto 410, at the time there was the Manfrottos at the cheap end…

My bag is the original BC model of the F-Stop Tilopa, there have been a couple of revisions since this one was released. I have the large pro ICU. It’s about as big as you cn go for an airline carry on bag. I can fit the XL Pro ICU…