Are you frustrated when downloading all of your photos only to find half of them too blurry to proudly display, or fed up with precariously balancing your camera on rocks and odd perches to capture yourself in the outdoors? We’ve got you covered — this weekend Gadizmo had the chance to test drive the Monsterpod, a go-anywhere tripod that’ll glom on to just about anything to get you the perfect shot.
The Monsterpod is a hand-sized neon orange disc with a swivel attachment that easily screws into you camera’s base and mounts anywhere with a gooey viscoelastic polymer-based bottom. Seriously, anywhere: walls, trees, marble, cement, steel, sheet rock, fences, poles, windows, cars… anything you can think of, really.
I’ll be honest, my achilles heel with photography is a persistently unsteady hand; last night I put the Monsterpod up to a real test and, using nothing but the standard night shot feature on the camera, tried it out under a moon-free sky. First I took shots holding as steadily as I could, and then another round with the camera mounted on the Monsterpod at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. I rode home a little skeptical, but was pleasantly surprised to find a much clearer set of images delivered by the Monsterpod.
I did, however, have some problems unsticking it from the rough rock wall and left a faint ring of orange goo behind, but this may have been a matter of pressing too firmly on the base, or not waiting long enough to remove it (the packaging indicates that the Monsterpod will hold its position from 1-10 minutes and support cameras up to 20 ounces, and it peeled perfectly off of the walls and windows). But even when not using the sticky base, it was helpful to have a flat, steady surface for added stability without carrying around a clumsy tripod stand.
The Out-of-This-World Monsterpod sells for $30 online and comes with 100% satisfaction guarantee — what do you have to lose?
