Haven’t driven with them yet but they stick on nicely and I can take them off at the end of the drive very easily.
I need to cut them to size though as they’re too big for the side of my car.
Mounting a GoPro stick like this seems like it would be awesome to use for some great out front road trip footage which is what I’d like to use them for in my case, I always wondered based on whatever laws that they wanna make up, whether or not a windshield mount would be kosher with some anal law enforcement officer who pulls you over and says you cannot have that thing mounted to the windshield. Could have sworn I heard somewhere that that was a no-no! Anyone have the scoop on that? If mounted on your windshield (obviously not in your safe field of view !) could a LEO nail you for that? Anyone know?
As you say, it 100% depends on local laws. I use the pointer that if people can mount a GPS or dash cam, then an action cam is ok. One thing is sure, if someone hits you from the side, or the car flips around, you may get it flying in you head like a bullit.
Even though the 360 camera is mounted fairly close to the cars roof, I think it creates a really nice panorama. If liftet 0.5 -1 meter it would only get a little bit extra of the ground. When I get the oppotunity to mount a 360 camera on a car, I will keep in mind, that I do not need a gigantic rig to lift it high.
Well yes. It’s quite low. Yellow part is 120mm high.
I have already designed new piece 2x 150mm https://photos.app.goo.gl/qZfTAv91eeHYMpCY8
Just thinking about how to design individual parts to make them foldable, but it probably will not be worth the effort.
I was thinking of using Manfrotto/Hague equipment, but it’s just so expensive.
Will probably end up switching to magnets as kind of tired being afraid about the suction cups
I’ve finally given up on suction cups and switched to magnets (essentially mothballing a lot of equipment). So far, I like them a lot: they seem much more stable/reliable, adhere to even dirty metal, are more compact and don’t mind temperature differences.
The magnets I use are large-ish rubberised discs with neodymium magnet elements arranged in a circle, with the normal 1/4" thread mount in the centre. I stick a gopro adapter+extension on it to raise the cameras.
The only downside is, well, magnetism - some roof panels are plastic on one of the cars I use, so it limits mounting areas a bit.