Along with the weight and wider stance keep the center column fully down (or remove it) and make sure the head and quick-release plate have zero play; even a tiny twist reads as wobble. Clean the leg tubes and locks so grit isn’t killing clamping force, and use spiked feet or press the legs firmly into the ground. In wind, turn the lens edge-on and use your body as a windbreak, and switch off lens/body stabilization if it tends to hunt on a tripod.
Every morning turns into a scavenger hunt for shoes and permission slips, then someone spills cereal. The only thing that made it sane was doing 90 percent at night and shrinking mornings to three moves: water, get dressed, out the door. I set a kitchen timer and when it dings, we leave, no debates. Those cute chore charts just cost money and became clutter.
