Its never going to be as "Good" as a solid prone position, but i use mine for foxing and stalking where i can leave the rifle on the tripod while I'm scanning with either spotting scope/bino/thermal and easily hit tgts out to 300 yds with ease, the monfrotto i had was a bit heavy to carry around hence why i sold and went carbon which is much easier.
I have tried the the primos trigger sticks that many rave about, had 2 both broke, luckily not with my rifle on, also use the viper quad sticks but much prefer the tripods as its a hands free operation until you go to squeeze the trigger.