Tiltpod Pocket-Sized Mini Tripod for Compact Cameras

This tripod was on engadget.com so I decided to give it a spin.... basically you just install a little screw in the tripod socket of your camera if you have one, or a sticker if you don't have a tripod mount.... there's a super strong magnet in the "tripod" base, so you just click it onto the "mount" and you can put your camera on almost any surface. Here's the neatest part... the base just attaches to your camera strap so you always have a tripod with you, yeah! Now I can take more "couples" shots while traveling instead of just having a bunch of solo images! Since I'm not using the sticker mount, I think I'm going to stick it to my mobile phone and see if I can now have a really neat desktop mount for my mobile phone - to use as a tripod for the phone AND to use as a stand for the phone, to keep it at any angle that I want while watching videos, reading emails, or just having my phone on my nightstand, desk etc... I suggest that they ship these with multiple sticker attachments... I'm going to stick one on the back of my phone, then attach my phone to my car's dash somewhere. Perhaps that's an idea for another product: a way to attach your phone to your car dash and move it around from portrait to landscape... I would LOVE that, especially since there's seriously no longer a reason to have a factory GPS in your car since phones do everything you need them to! Read more

This is being edited after getting a heads up from the seller or the manufacturer (didn't identified himself other than mention 'our product') I'm using this product with a Sony compact model W-610. This model, as most Sony's point and shoots, have the tripod screw mount located near the right end of the camera's bottom and, to make matters worse, the battery is located in the opposite side. The weight of the battery will make the camera tilt on the side in each and any position you try to adjust this mini tripod IF you go for the screw pivot. Now, that's why they included another magnetic pivot option I took for granted at first; an adhesive one. By using such pivot I could adjust the mount almost at the center point (the battery hinge is right at the center) and now it works just fine 95% of the time. Some positions don't work because the weight of the battery but now I'm actually using the gadget I acquired and it provides the leverage in s what it claims! Read more

I like the idea of this product, but attached it to a Sony DSC-HX10V Digital Camera and each time I powered the camera on it would get an error and say "Power the camera off and back on". The Sony web site suggests its something to do with the "lens pressure". However, if I didn't have the TiltPod magnetically attached just below the camera, it worked fine. It appears the magnets in the Tiltpod unit are interfering with the camera lens in some fashion. I can even make the camera go out of focus if I attach it after it is already focused. This seems like a problem. Obviously you might be able to limit this by positioning the tiltpod attachment (assuming you're using the stick on verison, not the one that uses the screw-in mount) in a different location so that the magnets are farther away from the lens, but your ability to do this is limited obviously. Not recommended. Read more

I love the idea but that's pretty much all I like about the product. I purchased this for my new S100. It turns out that my new camera is to heavy for the week magnet so it tilts on the side each time I place it on tiltpod. I would strongly recommend this product although, but only for ultra-compact camera users out there. Read more

Despite the rugged outdoors application depicted on the packaging, I found this product much more better suited to an urban experience where solid, level surfaces abound. On a desktop or a concrete ledge it does the job with elegance, but for the life of me I could not get it to effectively balance on even a fairly level rock. Went instead with the little Jobo Micro 250 three-legged model which folds flat under my point-and-shoot and works just about anywhere while camping and hiking. Read more

i recently purchased this to use with my panasonic lumix LX5, which is on the heavier side of P&Ss due to its lens. so at first this thing didn't really work because the magnet wasn't strong enough to keep the camera tilted how i put it. but i wrote to the company and they have improved the product and put in a stronger magnet, and they sent me a new base no charge. and the second one was the charm! the new, stronger base is just strong enough to work with my lumix. i am sure it would work even better with a lighter camera but it's definitely useful on mine. i decided to remove the neck strap on my camera in favor of the wrist strap that came with this. it's very, very convenient and i don't even have to remove it to fit it in my camera bag. some people have pointed out that using the sticky thing means not being able to fit a tripod on the camera unless you dig a hole in the tripod mount to accommodate the shape. this is true. however, there is room to use a monopod, and i think between this tiltpod and a monopod i will be all set and don't need to use a tripod. i really love this tiltpod. it shoud be noted that it's JUST strong enough now to support the lumix. if you have a lumix and use interchangeable lenses, it might not work for you. and it will work much, much better if you have a lighter camera. Read more