Gopro Mount

[3D diver]

Here's a picture of the Hero 2 case lanyard attach point in the hinge:



I was surprised it was missing from my Hero 3+ black case.

 

[CuzzA]

I put red loctite thread sealant on my GoPro tripod mount screw. I also tapped the aluminum tray. There's no way that camera is coming off my rig except for physically breaking it. Those quick disconnect mounts did not seem very robust to me.

 

[JBFG]

my bottom mount is bolted on.
I may look at getting a fishing line in it. good stuff.

 

[TravisD]

I've seen buddies with empty trays---GoPro never to be recovered---and have seen my own cameras dangling by their lanyard on occasion.

What's the failure mode here? I think I'd notice a loose screw (either Housing <> Tripod mount base, or Tripod mount base <> Handles/mount) long before I lost a camera..

 

[3D diver]

The failure mode for the lost camera was human error. Not properly attaching the camera (possibly), not double checking the camera attachment and not having a secondary attachment (i.e. lanyard). There is a small chance the camera was stolen, but even there a lanyard might have helped---slipping a GoPro in your pocket is a lot less conspicuous than carrying off a full camera rig.

In the case of the dangling camera, the GoPro snap connector let go while I was flopping around trying to get my fins off in some surf. It either got bumped or wasn't properly latched in the first place.

Stuff happens, people make mistakes, things fall off. All I'm suggesting here is that fishing line is pretty handy for tying things down.

 

[diver42]

I just had the mounting screw "fail" for the first time. The plastic started to crack. But it wasn't catastrophic. As long as you tighten the screw, it isn't coming out. I'm doing 2.5 to 4 hour scooter dives (with the GoPro hooked to the vibrating scooter), without any problems. The bungee is safe and easy to clip. I have another loop on the camera/light platform and a third on the scooter mount.

By the way, that picture I posted was the dive housing. I keep hearing about the regular housing flooding at moderate depths. Meanwhile, I take the regular housing snowboarding, and despite some pretty hard falls, it keeps on ticking.

 

[diver42]

Here are some pictures.