Yes. Yes.
I just spent my first morning with one and when it's topped with Austrian glass it's the most pleasurable experience you can have with your clothes on.
I'm serious. When you lock the pan or tilt levers everything locks where you want it. So slump, no jiggle. It's stout.
Just get it and all the accessories you need.
Fiends of mine are swaro dealers and they can get the swaro made by manfrotto free and they still run the outdoorsmans system.
"That's a special feeling, Lloyd"