Joby GM1-01EN Gorillamobile Flexible Tripod with Suction Cup and 2 Adhesive Clips: Customer Reviews & Product Details

I've had my eye on the Gorillapod with the 3GS case for the iPhone ever since I downloaded the Gorillapod app. When I saw this one popup with the price I was expecting to pay crossed out and a special price I grabbed it. However, this product only comes with the 4 adapters and not a case for the iPhone despite the deceptive picture.

If you are looking for the iPhone case, you need:
ASIN: B002Q6CDLA
Item model number: GM2-01EN
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Concept is great - suction cup should work in theory, but it comes off when trying to manipulate iPhone when trying to frame your photo or adjust - scary because am afraid to drop my phone! Tried the "permanent" connector - better - just stick it onto one of your iPhone cases - make sure it sticks well or same issue and could drop off. BTW - the app for this item is excellent - find in iTunes: [...]

This is simply a cool device. It came and met my expectations as described on the website. it is really cool to wrap it around a door handle to frame a odd angle picture. Well worth the money. Also the device is light but seems very sturdy.

The Gorillapod tripod is a very good tripod in general for cameras - the flexibility of it makes it much more useful than a standard tripod and it is compact (6.5") and light enough to take with you just about everywhere. The ball-and-joint construction allows it to be wrapped around tree branches or put in other places where a standard tripod just wouldn't work. The only downside is that the ball-and-joint can't support as much weight as a standard aluminum tripod, so I would not recommend it for devices that are much heavier than a pound. Standard cameras are fine, larger video cameras will probably not work.

This particular model of the Gorillapod is a little more versatile than the regular Gorillapod because it has a variety of attachments included to use with different devices. It includes 1 standard 1/4" screw tripod mount, 2 adhesive mounts, and one suction cup mount all of which fit into a slot (or shoe) on the tripod. All of these mounts are about the size of a nickel. The camera screw mount makes it compatible with just about any camera, and it is small enough to just leave attached to the camera so it doesn't get lost. The adhesive mounts are for permanently affixing the mount to a device that does not have a screw hole, such as a micro-projector, a handheld game console, a media player, etc. The adhesive works well, but it is not perfect - it must be allowed to dry before using, and even when dry there is a concern that it will not stick, especially with heavy devices or under rough conditions. I would recommend securing the mount with a superglue adhesive to be absolutely certain. The suction cup mount is almost worthless; it works only on very smooth and absolutely flat surfaces and even then can be knocked off fairly easily. It might be fine to use with a phone or similar device on occasion, but certainly not under any conditions in which the suction cup failing might result in damage to the device, since there is a fairly good chance of that happening.

So if you are looking for a tripod to use mainly with a camera but which can, on occasion, be used with other devices this is definitely the one to get. But you must be willing to adhere a mount to your other device permanently if you want to be 100% certain that the device will stay on the tripod.

This is a very innovative product. However, I ended up returning it because it was too small to be used for my purposes. I suggest reading the information about it more carefully than I did!