I've had some chance to use this now, so I'll give a few thoughts. Please bear in mind I am no expert on tripods, I've always considered them a necessary evil. To be honest I'm a birding fan not a birding gear fan.
Firstly a few people seem to have prejudged it, I presume without seeing it? It is not a cheap and nasty piece of kit and I don't know why some people presume it is. It is cheap - but bear in mind the big discount - for a carbon fibre tripod and to be honest the head it comes with, as well as not being suitable for birding, would not be my choice for photography either, but to me it has a good quality feel. Of course how durable it is will only become evident with use/and or an accident. But if you think any tripods going to last forever you're naive. I'm on my second Manfrotto and I've got through several others, in my thirty odd years of birding, as well. The latches are plastic, and they
couldbe a weak point.
What it is is very light - 1.24kg - and this is either its advantage or disadvantage depending on your viewpoint. It is, however, only 100g lighter than the Carbon Fibre version of my current (well now last) tripod the Manfrotto 190.
I've found this tripod very stable - and the spiked feet were useful in the ice - but I've only used it in light winds. I tried simulating wind, by wobbling with my hands, this tripod and my non-carbon fibre 190. The Jessops did wobble slightly more, as is to be expected in a tripod weighing nearly a kilo more. Incidentally, there is a hook hanging from the centre column. If you wanted to use this tripod in strong winds, when station - such as on a sea watch - you could hand a rucksack from this hook.
I'm using this with a 65mm Zeiss Diascope, birders with an 80mm scope may find the set up a bit 'top heavy'.
To summarise this tripod does seem to be a real bargain to me. I will use it as my main tripod and I was looking for a new travel tripod, to use with my Nikon ED50, I'll probably use this for that as well now. Warehouse Express are selling the Manfrotto 190 legs for £210 that's a return flight to Finland more, but I would recommend looking at it first, as its lightness may not be to everyone's taste. If you order it off the net - which you have to do to get the discount - and choose pick it up from the store, you don't pay until you pick it up so you can pull out if you don't like it.
Some people will always want the 'right' brand but the known names are not always the best.
There are quite a few reviews on the web e.g.
http://www.digicambuyer.co.uk/accessories/jessops_major_carbon-_fibre_tripod_
Of course it may break tomorrow and then I feel like a plonker.