QuikPod Handheld Convertible Tripod
by Fromm Works Inc
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of QuikPod Handheld Convertible Tripod
Customer Review: Not impressed
Summary: 2 Stars
I had high hopes for the Quik Pod but was rather let down once it arrived. It works okay. Does what it says it will do. But that's about it.
I was hoping for a quality piece that one would be excited to receive as a gift and this just doesn't seem like the quality item I was hoping for. I'm referring not only to the looks of the Quik Pod but to its feel, as well.
It just looks and feels like a lightweight piece of cheap plastic that probably won't last too long. The levering action is not smooth. It's somewhat difficult to retract. It rattles around when you hold it. And when I set it up as a free-standing tripod the side weight of my average sized point-and-shoot digital camera nearly toppled the thing. Of course, the ball mount can easily adjust to any number number of positions so I can still align the camera for a proper shot but this bendy piece of plastic looks a bit like the Leaning Tower of Pisa trying to hold up just a bit more than it can handle.
Actually, the attachable legs are really the only thing in the whole package that even seem to me to be of decent quality. The various pieces of metal and aluminum seem well-crafted, well-fit, and solid. Why can't the main product, itself, have been manufactured in a similar way?
I wanted to be impressed but I'm not. Purchased one as a sample to decide whether to buy a handful more as gifts and I almost feel embarrassed just giving this one away. Also? It was my understanding that the Quik Pod Pro came not only with the attachable legs but with a bottle-top mount for mounting a camera to a water bottle. A novel idea that I was interested to try out. Perhaps I'm mistaken on this point but no such item was included in the pack I received.
The Quik Pod feels more like something I would pay $10 for than $30. Two stars, max.
Customer Review: Cool, but not really useful
Summary: 4 Stars
This is really neat, but not terribly useful.
I loved it at first but after a while I lost interest and unless you have a camera that can take pictures via remote you have to use the self timer. Though the self timer is easy enough for me to do, my mom, dad or wife seem to be a bit more intimidated by this step. So for casual users who are comfortable with the self timer and who do not mind leaving a big stick stuck to their camera or who do not mind carrying this thing around with them for spontaneous use, then this is a great little tool.
For all the rest of the world this is a novelty. I though it was a great solution in search of a problem. I am afraid it will always be in search of that problem because it is just not that hard to hold a camera at arms length and take a picture.
I have to admit though that it is handy on vacations or places where you will be taking a lot of pictures of yourself.
also it does not work on big cameras, even big point and shot cameras. I have a few different cameras, a small sony, a bigger panasonic and a canon DSLR. The sony works well, the panasonic is a bit shaky and the canon is just way too heavy to work at all. In fact I am afraid it might break and drop the DSLR so I don't even try this.
with all that in mind I like it but cannot recommend it to anyone except as a novelty, a stocking stuffer, or for those on vacation who want to be in their own pictures but make it look like someone else snapped the shot.
Customer Review: it IS as fantastic as you think it's going to be!
Summary: 5 Stars
like most 20something year olds... i'm obsessed with taking photos. especially straight-on self portraits or ones of myself and friends all trying to desperately squeeze our faces close enough together that we'll all be in the picture.
thank goodness for being able to digitally delete and redo!
i really can't count how many photos i've taken that aren't capturing anything more than less than flattering angles of only parts of people's faces.
we're all familiar with extending our arms as far out as we can and snapping the pic, then quickly clicking to view what ends up being only everyone's forehead.
how i didn't think of this invention first.. pains me, financially. but, i am happy to give my 30 bucks to the real mastermind.
it's awesome, truly.
you can extend it out far enough to completely capture everyone's entire face.
and once you REALLY get the hang of it... you can include some background in there. great for scenic vacations! or slyly getting that hot guy behind you in the picture, too.
it also seems totally plausible that you could just extend it straight up and over everyone's head in crowds to get decent pics at concerts and such!
everyone that's seen me use it comments on how ingenious it is, and i couldn't agree more!
Customer Review: Doesn't inspire confidence
Summary: 2 Stars
I ordered the Quikpod with the idea of using it as an extending arm for mounting a GoPro HD camera. The GoPro is much smaller and lighter than the typical pocket point and shoot, so I knew that the Quikpod would be able to handle its weight.
And it does. But not with confidence. The telescoping elements of the Quikpod are a cheap plastic and are loosely fitted. When the pod is fully extended, the camera at the end will tilt to one side or the other during any kind of movement. You can hear the plastic rattling against itself.
I really wish I had done some more research and found a self-portrait arm with some quality to it. The Quikpod is just too shoddy to really be trusted with a camera unless you're using it for one shot and then putting it away.
The tripod legs that come with it are metal and actually provide some friction when extended - which is what I wish the rest of the Quikpod was like. The unfortunate thing is that this small metal tripod screws into a weak plastic base. There's no reason to think that the Quikpod won't crack at some point and lose its ability to act as an impromptu tripod.
The function is sound, but the form is troubling. I recommend avoiding this one.
Customer Review: A must for the back pack
Summary: 5 Stars
Handheld Extendable Tripod Quik Pod Professional with Tripod Legs and Full Accessories
In most photographs you, the photographer, are missing. More than once I have taken a photo of the sky when my camera fell from some precarious perch after the self-timer was set off. That's because it isn't always convenient to take a full-size tripod on vacation.
Sometimes, all you want is to take your own photo at some exotic location, but many modern cameras will not even fit your whole face when you click at arm's length. You can ask someone to take your photo and hope that they framed it properly and didn't shake the camera, but nothing beats a tripod.
Enter the Quik Pod, a handheld, extendable tripod. It is made of sturdy polycarbonate and aluminium, weighs about 100 g and comes with a built in self-positioning mirror to help frame each shot. Fully extended to 480 mm, the Quik Pod can be used to shoot overhead above crowds, around corners and underwater. Also included is a lightweight tripod leg adapter to use it as a conventional tripod. You would not want to use any camera heavier than 500 g on this tripod.
It's a shame this wasn't invented any sooner!