Gorillapod Flexible Tripod

Product Description

Gorillapod Flexible Tripod is the lightest and most versatile camera tripod available today. Featuring over two dozen flexible leg joints that bend and rotate, the Gorill... [Read more]

Features

• Flexible tripod designed for digital cameras weighing up to 11.5 ounces (326.02 grams)
• Fits into your purse, backpack, or jacket pocket
• Innovative segmented leg design to ensure secure mounting
• Standard universal 1/4-20 screw for attaching your camera to the tripod mount
• Lets everyone get into self-timer shots
• Fits into your purse, backpack, or jacket pocket
• Innovative segmented leg design to ensure secure mounting
• Standard universal 1/4-20 screw for attaching your camera to the tripod mount
• Lets everyone get into self-timer shots

Top Reviews

Not a Joby brand Tripod!!!!
by Karen (1 out of 5 stars)
December 21, 2013

I just received this item, it is not a brand name Joby tripod. The box is a plain box with the words "camera tripod" on it, they even misspelled the word "important" on the side of the box. If you go look at some of the photos that some of the other customers uploaded, you will see that Joby has a nice compact cardboard box with their name all over the box. I'm going to upload a photo of the box I received and you can see for yourself the knock-off product that I received, they should be embarrassed. No where on the box does it have the manufacturer's name "Joby" on it, the box says "made in china". When I pulled the tripod out of the cheap little box, I found the tripod is also a cheap little knock-off product imitating the Joby Gorillapod. A real Joby tripod will have their name on the release button below the head of the tripod, this does not have the name Joby anywhere on it. This seller even has a photo of a real Joby tripod holding a camera and you can see the name Joby on the little button, that is NOT what I received. Read other's reviews (the ones I missed reading), this seller has been selling knock-offs to other consumers as well. I called Amazon immediately and reported this seller as selling knock-offs and Amazon is sending me a return ticket to send this piece of junk back.
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WELL WORTH THE MONEY
by Paul (5 out of 5 stars)
February 5, 2016

IT'S NOT JUST FOR CAMERAS ANY MORE!

This is the perfect size for your cell phones when you use a phone holder. Many of these phone holders are available with female one quarter inch threads to fit the tripod screw on the "gorilla" and they will allow you to take vertical or horizontal pictures. Wind is no problem, on the ground just bend the legs of the tripod and hold it down with a rock or anything heavy. Of course you can bend the legs to attach to most tree limbs posts etc. Most small point and shoot cameras will work well and hear's some more good news. A lot of the "water resistant" bluetooth speakers designed to be used in the shower or outdoors have a threaded receiver that will allow the speaker to fit on the tripod, which will keep them high enough to be out of standing water as in puddles or muddy ground. Well worth the money.
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Don't expect it to last.
by L. Johnson (1 out of 5 stars)
July 9, 2014

I had to delete my previous review and completely start over after having this for about two months. (My first review was less than positive too.) After two months? It's broken. Not all at once. It broke in stages. How did that happen? Let's start from the beginning: I bought this to go hiking and backpacking. Immediately I noticed that it wasn't really built to hold a camera in portrait orientation. It also wasn't built to hold a point and shoot unless it was REALLY tiny. This was a little frustrating, but I thought to myself, "Hey, it's for backpacking." It was hard to balance my camera on it because too far forward or backward and it would slump over. I own the Olympus TG-3 which is only 8.7 ounces.

After about four or five day hikes, I noticed that the joints were becoming looser and looser. It's not like I abused it. Basically, I'd put it in a pocket of my backpack and pull it out when I wanted to shoot a photo. A week or so later, I took it on a three week road trip to several national parks. Lots of day hikes and a backpacking trip later, the plastic was cracking and the joints were actually pulling apart. Currently, it's unusable. Two months? Are you kidding me? Again, this is with normal wear and tear with steady use. I ended up buying the Targus equivalent which is much more sturdy, allows for portrait orientation, and was about three or four dollars cheaper.

I would absolutely not recommend this tripod for any use, even if you don't intend to take it on hikes, etc. It's just too fragile. Consider another brand or a more robust model from Joby.
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Best Small Versatile Tripod Around!
by tqmagic (5 out of 5 stars)
December 17, 2012

The Joby Gorrillapod is the hands down best small tripod out there for point and shoot cameras. I use this all the time with my Canon SD4000 point and shoot, and even sometimes with my mirrorless camera, a Sony Nex-7. You will not be disappointed with this purchase!

Features
- Small and lightweight: Weighs only 1.6 oz, and is small enough to fit almost anywhere
- Grips onto anything: I regularly use this on railings, uneven surfaces, and even edges of tables and chairs
- Reliable: I have been using this for months in dusty, wet environments and it still moves like new
- Secure camera connection: Holds a less than 11.5oz camera securely every time, and has a quick release with lock
- Strong grippy legs: Holds onto almost anything tightly, with easy adjusting for pan/tilt by just moving the legs

I am not sure who has done the weight conversions and listings on amazon, but the 325gram capacity listed on Joby's site converts to ~11.5oz and not 9.7oz, and also not the 12.5oz or (typo?) 335 grams.

There are larger versions available for larger cameras with the same benefits, other than the small size. Because of this I use my Nex-7 on this tripod, that weights 10.3oz without any lens. With my small kit lens, this tripod still holds relatively strong anyway except portrait orientation. It can even somewhat hold the Nex-7 with the 55-210 lens (22.4oz total, well beyond the design intention), if balanced correctly on a flat surface.
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Don't Buy Cheap Imitations
by Jarod Yong (5 out of 5 stars)
January 13, 2016

This is the original Gorillapod. You're going to strap an expensive & sensitive optical device onto this thing so you'll want it to be reliable at holding your camera in place.

This one has great grip & a firm hold. It will not move once you've set it in place. The rubber rings on the fingers have great grip & the individual spheres don't give easily.

Make sure that you have the right camera size & weight. 11.5 ounces. Most point & shoot cameras are in that weight range. DSLRs maybe not.

This is a perfect companion for my Sony DSC-QX100. I keep the removable head permanently attached to the camera & slide it into the Gorillapod when the need arises. When I don't need the pod, I can just slide the camera out & put it away. This is especially useful for storing & transporting.
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Does not have a strong hold, deforms very easy
by 3.14159 (3 out of 5 stars)
August 25, 2010

I use this on my Flip video recorder. It is a lightweight recording device, but seems to over-tax the Gorillapod.

Main problem - The three arms can't cinch tightly to a surface. This is a big problem if you are mounting to a smaller, fairly smooth surface. You can get them tight initially, but there is no "clamping" force, so it slowly succumbs to gravity. Examples:
1. Back of a chair - I molded the legs around a dining table chair, which is rectangular. Bumping the chair caused the legs to slightly lessen their grip, making it tilt backward, losing the shot
2. Handle of a refrigerator - I molded the legs around the long, vertical handle of my fridge. Took many tries, got it to stay, but it wasn't clamped. It was precarious
3. Handlebar of a bike - I tried to mount to the steel handlebar of my mountain bike. No deal. Twenty feet into the ride, it toppled over because it couldn't cinch and hold.

As a stand-alone tripod, it works just OK...the legs are hard to exactly straighten, and on a smooth surface, they tend to spread apart. Examples:
1. On a granite countertop - Smooth surface meant I had to exactly balance my Flip on the center of gravity, and when I moved it around the counter, the legs spread out.
2. On a tile floor - See above.

Lastly, it is VERY prone to transmitting vibrations to the Flip video. When I sit it on the tile floor, the vibrations of people walking make a noticeable difference in the video.

OVERALL: JUST OK - 3 Stars. For the money, I expected more.
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The Gorillapod is a very handy little gizmo
by Weldon Berger (5 out of 5 stars)
July 26, 2012

I'm using the Gorillapod with a Panasonic DMC-ZS3 which weighs about 8 ounces. The pod is great for casual shooting when I need more stability than I can provide by hand. I use it to shoot long exposures at night and with the panorama feature on the camera.

It isn't as easy to wrap the thing around railings and fences and tree limbs and such as I thought it would be, mostly because I didn't understand how short the legs are, but once it's in place it stays put. It's better for the night shots than the panorama because keeping the camera level while panning it isn't really easy, particularly when the tripod is wrapped around something at an odd angle, but it's still easier than hand held.

I've had the Gorillapod for about a month now. I read some complaints about the construction quality before I bought it, but I haven't seen any indications of weakness with the amount of stress I put on the joints. It grips smooth surfaces such as metal handrails pretty well and I'm comfortable wrapping it around tree limbs at the aforementioned odd angles without worrying that it'll take a dive.

I would be okay with putting something maybe up to a pound on the pod but I would worry about the stability of it with a long lens. This isn't a substitute for a heavier traditional pod if you need to keep the camera absolutely level or if you're shooting with a DSLR or other interchangeable lens camera. Common sense would dictate that you don't rely on a $15 tripod to keep a thousand bucks worth of camera and lens intact.

For what it is, it's great.
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must have tripod for compact cameras
by K. Geddings (5 out of 5 stars)
November 27, 2011

Lets face it the idea of having a full sized tripod for a compact camera kind of defeats the whole purpose of having a compact camera. There are regular smaller tripods but the problem with them is you have to have a mostly flat surface to play the tripod on. When you are out and about you may not have a ton of selection of such surfaces to set up with. So this tripod comes in very handy as it has bendible legs that can be wrapped around things. So you can securily set up the camera on things that normally would be very unstable like for example the top of a orange safety cone or on the railing of some of those 2 story side stairs you see like at churches and what where it would be to risky to set the small camera on the side of the railing as you climbed up it as the vibrations might knock the camera off the edge but with the gorillapod its easy to set up! it also works great on tree branches and I even managed (once) to wrap it around one of those fancy street light posts. It provides for much more creative options expecally if you are out and about its lightweight and easily fits into the pocket. (really great for making video clips of yourself when you do not have a second person to hold the camera) so you can be your own one -man (or women) camera "team" :-). For those with bigger cameras they provide other larger versions that can also work.

One reviewer said it was really hard to move the tripod legs to wrap it around things. I have fine motor skill issues and i have had little trouble in manipulating the legs it does take a little effort sometimes but i had no problems with it.

Great for anyone with a smaller camera i use it mostly for video but i suppose with the 30 second timer you can easily use it for self pictures as well :-).

a simply must have!
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Clip mechanism not secure
by Oboe Girl (4 out of 5 stars)
September 24, 2014

This is a very fun and useful stand, but the clip mechanism is not secure. I've wrapped this stand onto tree branches, the backs of concert seats, you name it, and it has great staying power. That's not the problem. However, if you have an expensive and fragile camera or microphone, be VERY CAREFUL when carrying the camera on the tripod. Always hold it by the camera and not the tripod, because the quick release clip mechanism holding the camera onto the tripod is very weak and will drop the camera if you hold it at the wrong angle. Obviously, you should probably carry it with the camera detached, but my hands are usually already full of reeds, tuners, etc, so that idea doesn't usually occur to me. It will even drop the camera while recording if the release lever gets bumped. This product would actually be MUCH better without the quick-release function - who really needs to detach a small camera from a tripod quickly anyway?
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Great portable tripod combo!!
by ken in the city (5 out of 5 stars)
August 18, 2008

I use the Gorillapod with my Panasonic Lumix TZ5 and I assume it works with all the Lumix lines since they have the same standard tripod mount. This device has single-handedly changed the way I take pictures! I recently went with my gf on vacation and we were able to get such amazing shots of the both of us in a huge variety of settings because we were able to take great "self portrait" and night time pictures - and all without bothering other people to constantly take photos for us!

Pros:
- Small and portable (about as big as a thick magic marker when compressed). It's light and I carry it around in the pocket of my cargo shorts all the time.
- Flexible legs can be used to grip around just about anything. And I mean anything! This enables amazing and creative camera shots. I have been pleasantly surprised by its ability to grip/hold onto different surfaces and structures. We hung it on trees, railings, set it up on the street, on cars, tables, chairs, etc.
- Get the shot you want using "self picture". How many times have I bothered some stranger to take a picture for me so that everyone can be in the picture? Usually, they don't frame it exactly as you like and you are lucky to get a couple of shots in before you feel like you're imposing. With the Gorillapod, those are issues of the past!
- Great for night pictures or any picture with a long exposure. Again, this is true of any tripod but who is going to lug around a big tripod just to take better night time shots?
- The tripod is rubber/plastic. So its ok to keep in your bag or purse without fear of scratching whatever else is in there.

Cons:
- The neck has some trouble holding the weight of my camera in a fixed position. The mount attaches to the side of my Lumix camera. Because of that, in certain positions, the neck of the tripod sometimes folds under the weight of the camera - particularly in situations where the camera is already tilted a little relative to the legs of the tripod. So far, I've usually been able to position the camera in such a way as to overcome this issue. If your mount is in the middle of your camera base, then probably won't be a big issue. I can only imagine this will be an even bigger issue with heavy DSLRs.
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As for the Bottle Cap Tripod, it's actually very useful as well. It's not really a tripod, more of a mount.

Pros:
- You can mount it onto the top of a variety of bottles. Soda, beer, water bottles will all work, and it works with both threaded and unthreaded bottles. Basically anything with a small mouth. For extra stability, it's helpful to mount it on a bottle with liquid.
- The base pivots and turns so that you can find the right angle for your shot
- Smaller and more compact than the Gorillapod. Not much bigger than two bottlecaps together.
- Great for night time pics (especially at a restaurant at night where there should be plenty of bottles and the need for a steady mount if you're not using flash)

Cons
- Can only use it on flat surfaces (unlike the flexibility of the Gorillapod) and obviously, it requires a bottle.

In summary, I wouldn't hesitate to buy the Gorillapod. As for the Bottle Cap, I think it's unnecessary if you are carrying around the Gorillapod. However, it's definitely useful by itself and is small enough that you can throw it in your bag and forget about it until you need it. So if the price is right, might as well get them both!

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