So that may work out. But it usually doesn’t.
Night vision shit, laser rangefinders, and tripod/heads are the three places to get the wallet out the first go.
When you spend $100 on a cheap tripod, all it did was made the good tripod $100 more expensive.
That said, if you hit craigslist you can score a tripod made by Manfrotto and that works well.
Let us know how the amazon special comes out - honest curiousoty.