By far, the most stable tripod I have is a converted wooden surveyors tripod. They are very reasonably priced today, but largely replaced much lighter fiberglass equivalents. I will be converting this one in late July.
I have these astronomers vibration dampeners but have yet to test them, but will post the results if there is interest. I use a vibration measuring instrument as part of the test. My confidence in their utility for photography is rather low, but we shall see.
This is one of the vibration suppression pads disassembled. Close to actual size.
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