Testing $5 Ebay suction cup camera mount

[evilmonkeyMSP]

So I wanted to get a camera mount to mess around with and to have for the Tail of the Dragon trip in the S2000 in April. I read a few things about the ones offered on eBay and the reviews were decent. So I went ahead and bought one. It cost me $5.55 shipped and it was from a vendor in the US. I received it in just a few days a gave it a whirl.

Ebay Link

Just figured I'd share for anyone else that wants to pick one up for the hell of it.

I dont know that I'd risk putting it on the outside of the car but the suction on this thing is strong. I couldnt pull it off the window once it was attached.

Looking at the mounted pic below(this is inside the S2000, not the MSP), you'll have to have the camera upside down. Most cameras will flip the videoon the camera screen so you can see it correctly. The actual file on the PC will be upside down but can easily be rotated using Windows Movie maker.

Vibration was very very minimal. The tighter you make sure you tighten the hinge points the less it will vibrate. Also, our camera is dumb and the tripod mount is way off to one side so all of the weight of the camera hanging to one side of the mount could account for the very slight movement.

Enjoy!

 

[SeR_Cyclops]

That seems pretty Legit.....

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

I have 0 complaints....especially for $5.55 shipped lol

 

[Goliat6288]

nice.... now i need a camera to have an excuse to buy this lol

 

[Antoine]

Cool...I bought a similar one from Amazon for around $20 and haven't had a chance to use it yet...I'll try that upside down windshield position with my HD video camera...Hope it works as well as your setup did!

 

[speedracr79]

I just bought one itll come between the 16-23...ill post some vids then

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

did you buy one from a Hong Kong Vendor? Should have chose US only and you would have got it for the same price but within a few days.

I just bought one itll come between the 16-23...ill post some vids then

 

[03zoomzoom]

I threw this together for a fun run we did earlier this year. it worked extremely well.

 

[speedracr79]

did you buy one from a Hong Kong Vendor? Should have chose US only and you would have got it for the same price but within a few days.

all the ones i saw were from hong kong there wasent one from a us vender....but either way im not in a rush to get it ill live still a good price though

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

here's a US based one for anyone else that wants one

http://cgi.ebay.com/Suction-Mount-T...674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20b4c3e99a

 

[SCMP3]

awesome deal. if i didnt have a gopro hero id look into it more.

 

[speedracr79]

Got mine today it took a minute to get it in position right side up...but it looks pretty good.... Very minimal movement gonna give it a test run tomorrow....I'll post a video of the test run

 

[NETC_Redd]

I actually bought my mount from an Ocean State Job Lot a couple years ago. I bought 3

 

[altspace]

Just be sure to note. "Designed to hold compact digital cameras, compact DV cameras and webcams", and as mentioned I would only use this on the windshield.

 

[speedracr79]

oh yeah this is only going on the inside of the windshild i just had to figure out how to use it right side up...i took a video upside down but i was unable to rotate it....it took a minute but i got it.... i did a run this morning in my work van and it didnt move...after work im gonna try it in my car and check it out there

 

[Shadow102]

just tested mine, holds perfectly fine...although its a little shaky on the rear convertible window. Front windshield works great though. Ordered it from the link earlier posted took about a week to get here.