This is a photo of the bottom of my 5 foot tripod. I use the pebbles and added water filled 1 gallon milk containers as weights. I could have purchased weights, but thought why not use what is available at home? We go through one gallon of milk at home daily so I have plenty of these empty containers to fill and use as weights. This photo was taken on July 3, 2006. Photo taken on Mon, July 03, 2006