Anyone experienced the frustration that is "gorilla pod droop" or is this particular to my example of what started out as a very useful bit of kit?
I guess the very nature of the design dictates that each knuckle joint will loosen with age but to be in need of a Viagra-like restorative at such a young age doesn't seem quite right.
Can't think of an easy fix either but if anyone can it will be on this site.
Cheers
Hmmm, Well I'm not at all surprised to be honest
This is exactly the reason I have never bothered buying one of these things.
We use a
very similar system at work, for adjustable air blast jets.
They are great, as long as they are not moved around too much but if they are adjusted too frequently, they start to droop and cause various problems; from reflectors fouling with dust, all the way to the flexipipe ending up dropping so much, it ends up in high speed gears etc!.
We 'fix' them by taking them apart and roughing up the 'knuckles' with 60 grit emery! ( Bangit & Bodgit
) Doesn't last long if they are still moved around afterwards though, so
probably a 'dead loss' idea, for the gorillapod:bluThinki I would think more than twice about trying this fix to be honest, it could completely wreck the thing
I don't know whether the gorillapod will be as easy to dismantle mind you and it may well never go back together
I am actually quite surprised, however, that the gorillapod thing is as bad as I had suspected. You would think that the makers would be aware of the durability issues inherent with their air and electrical systems and at least
try to engineer out the problem
The thought of one of these things failing, when using it to, for example; attach the camera to a tree branch, fills me with dread
I would certainly contact the manufacturer and ask for an explanation, if not a full refund.
R.B.