 Priced well and works well with Flip |
| Review Date: March 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Amanda L. Diehl, |
| I am in a class where I need to record counseling "sessions" and the Flip Tripod works well for this purpose. |
a little light, but a good product overall
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| Review Date: March 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Sahil Ramani, LA, CA |
Got this as part of the deal running in December where I picked up this and the charger free with the Flip.
Pros : Lightweight, easy to place on any surface.
Cons : Some stability issues, plasticky feel. |
Small but does the job
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| Review Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Anthony Martinez, San Jose, CA |
This is obviously not a professional tripod. Comn people, it's $15!
It's very versatile and works on most surfaces. Would I suggest it to a friend... yes!
It does what it says and does it well.
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Don't waste your money!
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| Review Date: March 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: N. Pellegrino, |
I don't like to write negative reviews unless I feel strongly, but this tripod is not worth the money at all. I bought it for a class where we have to tape conversations a few feet away, so I thought it would be perfect, but first, the mount on the flip is off to the side, so it leans to one side and while you can account for that with the legs of the tripod, the legs on this tripod are barely flexible and the black paint comes off on your hands and flakes all over the tabletop that it is sitting on.
I tried to return it, but it was going to cost 5 dollars to return it and it was too much of a hassle. I'm disappointed in this product and in amazon. Don't waste your money, buy a better tripod for less money elsewhere. |
I Overcame My Reluctance to Pay So Much For Such a Tiny Thing...and I Am Glad I Did!
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| Review Date: February 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Katherine of Amazon, New England, USA |
I'm not the first one here to balk at the price of this thing, I see. However, I carefully read and considered the recommendations of others, and decided, for once in my life, to not be such a doggone cheapskate when I was buying a "gift" for myself! I bit the bullet and made the purchase of this little accessory to go with my new camera, and boy am I glad I did!
--When you need to film something, but taller people in front of you block your view, you can screw this little tripod into the camera body (it's a sturdy, solid fit, too), squeeze the three separate legs together into a solid "handle" of sorts, and hold it up, Statue of Liberty style, for an unimpeded "over the heads of the crowd" view.
--Using the tripod as a handle, you can hold the camera much steadier than simply holding the bulky little rectangle in your hand--this is important, since many users crab about the camera not having that "steady-cam" feature.
--Using the camera as a tripod, you can "get in the picture" yourself, and you can also aim the camera in pretty much any direction--to include a slight upward or downward perspective.
--The three little feet of this gem are both sturdy and flexible, and can be bent in all directions, which makes it easy to solidly place the camera on an uneven surface, too.
--If personalizing this product is important to you (and it might be, if you live in close quarters, all your buddies have one of these as well, and you don't want any discussions about whose tripod is whose), the camera comes with an assortment of "feet" caps in assorted colors--you can make all three feet different colors, if you'd like.
Bottom line--if you own a Flip camera, you really do want one of these things. You may not know it yet, but once you have the thing, you'll use it a lot, and just maybe never take it off the camera, except to charge it/download images!
Those Flip folks aren't foolish--this accessory would have been a wonderful thing to include WITH the camera, but even though it isn't, it's worth getting. Treat yourself--you deserve it. Buy with confidence! |
Great option for the Flip Video
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| Review Date: February 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Wisconsin Mom, Appleton, WI USA |
| Works great ... my daughters love to set it up to make their own home movies. |
There are better ones for the same price !
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| Review Date: February 17, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Sheetal, |
| Not a big fan of this one. It has trouble balancing the flip with its offcenter tripod mounting hole. |
If you are not careful you can break your camera!
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| Review Date: February 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: D. Nelson, URBANA, ILLINOIS, US |
| I don't know why they made this tripod with flexible legs. If you do not set it just right the whole thing can tumble sending your camera to the floor. This already happened to me but fortunately the Flip Ultra was strong enough to survive. A normal tripod with three non bendable legs would be best, and that is what I am going to get next. |
Dinky little thing
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| Review Date: February 9, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Joshua Aldenberg, MA |
| This tripod is nothing special, it's about an inch longer than the Flip Ultra HD, and unfortunately the FlipCams do not take this tripod to the center of the camera. The hole is located on the bottom left or bottom right of the FlipCams, making the center of gravity NOT directly over the tripod, this is some poor design as far as the flipcam itself. The tripod is small and the legs are thick bendable wires. Overall the tripod gets the job done, just be careful because it might fall due to the center of gravity issues i mentioned before. Overall I probably wouldn't have gotten this if it didn't come in the bundled package, but if you plan on putting your flipcam on lots of counters, steps, shelves, or other things that are already elevated, this tripod would probably do wonders for you. |
It is small, but it works well.
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| Review Date: February 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: W. B. Jenkins, Georgia |
| This is a tiny tripod as it appears in the pictures. Be ready to have a table handy at any location you want to record...perhaps take about 10 thick books and stack them. I do not know, whatever will make your videos be at the height you desire. It works very well and holds the camera still, so I would say it is a good tripod. |
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