| Joby Gorillapod - SLR | 
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| Brand: Joby
Category: CE
Buy New: £19.50
New (15) Used (1) from £19.50
Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 86
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Weight Recommendation (lbs): 1.8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 2 x 2
MPN: GP2-01P
Model: GP2-01P
UPC: 854630001025
EAN: 0854630001025
ASIN: B000HAVVFG
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great, but needs a tripod head July 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Once you get out of the mindset that this is a mini-tripod, and start wrapping it around trees, this little beauty really comes into it's own. However, when it is wrapped around a tree, you'll need to point the camera in the right direction. For this i recommend a small ball head, so as not to foul on your tree of choice. Small enough to fit in a moderate-sized camera bag, too.
Brilliant! July 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The GorillaPod is amazing. So far it has held up my camera perfectly when sideways, on uneven surfaces and even upside-down! The legs rotate 360 degrees and can bend and twist into near any shape you would ever need to use. It fits on the camera with a small screw (so if you have a small hole in the bottom of your camera this is what it's for). Extremely fast service, product in perfect condition, the only thing I could complain about is the locking switch ,designed to inhibit the quick release switch, would not turn. However it was debateable how much I would of used this feature. Thouroughly deserves 5 stars.
 gorillapod go go July 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
not a bad product, but could be improved.
suction pad is only for a tripod-screw-less mobile phone for example and isn't exactly strong.
would have been nice to have a suction pad for a window instead.
grippy feet are good for wrapping around things but no good on your car's dash - unless it's made of wood or leather! slides all over the place on mine, so useless for a gps as illustrated in the advert.
carry some blu-tac with you perhaps! :)
great product, great price July 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Fast delivery and best price on the net. Great product, will be good for travelling
There's good news and bad news!! July 14, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I needed a small tripod on my holidays and whilst taking a fixed legged mini-tripod which was great on flat surfaces I wanted to try out this adjustable leg variety on my compact digital camers.
Ther pluses were that the legs were manageable and it is easy to attach your compact and then use the legs wrapped around, say the rear of a chair or bannister to get a shot where a fixed legged tripod could not. I used that a few times, but, since I use a Canon G9 compact, which is one of the heaviest compacts (if not the heaviest) the legs would not stay put foe longer then a few seconds. It was ok for a 2 second delayed shot but when I used the timer for 10 seconds to do a landscape shot I would need to be on my guard to catch the camera otherwise the legs would give way. I did use the tripod with a thinner Nikon compact and that worked ok. Problem was on the pack which cane with the tripod there is no indication of weight limit and I assumed that this tripod would support any compact - some of the pictures show it supporting a SLr which I think is somewhat misleading.
The good news therefore is that if you have a small Gorillapod should satisfy your needs. The bad news is if you use a high-end or larger compact, or use an additional flash unit, then the Gorillapod is lacking in support and either stand close or use the camera with any additional flash unit.
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