Question GoPro Cover

[passedoutwookie]

How is everyone protecting the case lens on their GoPro? I have always carried mine in a soft bag in a pocket, but find myself clipping it off to a d-ring rather then wrestle it back into the bag and then into a pocket only to want to take it back out in the next section of cave. Is there a slim protective cover for the housing/lens that is quickly removed and stowed that would allow me to clip the GoPro off and not have to worry about scratching it?

 

[MB NZ]

It's a conundrum and not even AliExpress sells a piece of plastic to fit. Gap in the market. I've got a Backscatter Flip Filter which I haven't found too useful with a GoPro Hero 11 (too red), but it does make a good lens cover.

 

[jtsfour]

How is everyone protecting the case lens on their GoPro? I have always carried mine in a soft bag in a pocket, but find myself clipping it off to a d-ring rather then wrestle it back into the bag and then into a pocket only to want to take it back out in the next section of cave. Is there a slim protective cover for the housing/lens that is quickly removed and stowed that would allow me to clip the GoPro off and not have to worry about scratching it?

I bet someone savvy with a 3D-printer could come up with something...

 

[Pearlman]

I would try removing the pink/red polycarbonate filter lens from its casing designed to fit the UW housing and replacing it with a clear lens polycarbonate cut to snap-fit (with some glue) into the original outer casing … such a scratched lens can be replaceable (if you use a mild glue)

 

[InWay2Deep]

I use to have one for the older style (smaller) gopro's can't remember where I got it. I've switched to using a lens on mine,

Inon UFL-G140 SD Underwater Semi-fisheye Conversion Lens For GoPro Cameras

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www.backscatter.com

it came with a cover

 

[flymolo]

put it in a beer coozie

 

[passedoutwookie]

put it in a beer coozie

Duh, why didn’t I think of that. A bolt snap through the bottom will secure it. That’s my type of solution right there!

 

[flymolo]

Duh, why didn’t I think of that. A bolt snap through the bottom will secure it. That’s my type of solution right there!

First magnitude brewery coozies work especially well

 

[DiveProKoko]

I use a Backscatter Flip filter. I use the shallow depth filter and flip it down to cover the lens for when I put it in the tank on the boat tank, set it down...any time it's not in the soft case really. It's the only reason it's on my camera. I don't use filters at all for filtering.

 

[Manatee Diver]

The Backscatter neoprene cover is probably the closest thing to what you want.

I wish there was a protective filter like some use clear filters on expensive lenses. But I just treat the GoPro factory case as being fairly disposable.