Joby GorillaPod 500(Black/Charcoal) (JB01502)

After all it's a joby product, it has been one of my fav tripod till now.

I brought this for a month long trip to Japan where we planned to take lots of photos and videos on a daily basis. Unfortunately half way through the trip one of the legs broke off when it was barely touched, then another leg split in two a couple days later, I ended up returning this in a box in about 6 different pieces which I had to bring home from Japan to the UK in order to get my refund. Appalling build quality, which is a shame - as the concept is fantastic and up until the point it all went wrong it was an extremely helpful product. I now use an alternative which does the same sort of things but is much sturdier.

Bought this after dealing with various cheap 'flex' stand alternatives. Would usually break and put my camera at risk. With the Joby, I can see and justify the premium pricing. It's very stable and you can rely on it. I have an RX100 M3 and it holds its well. Have used it in various environments and it provides a good hold on most objects. Perfect for Timelapses as you can find a location and be in sound mind,it won't have fallen to its demise

Bought this as my first tripod for the G7x II. First thoughts are that is works, as expected, well as a tripod. The joints are quite easy to bend yet sturdy. However, the ball joint is quite stiff and can be quite hard to rotate. The joint at the bottom (touching the ground) is made of a grippy rubber and is good enough to stop the tripod from slipping. Wrapping the joints around a pole can be useful to get higher shots and is one of the main selling points of this tripod. It can be a bit daunting to attach an expensive camera to high places, so I would recommend additionally securing the wrist strap to something as an extra safety measure.

this is my second gorilla pod as I lost the first one... I bought it again because it provides a very stable position even though my camera (fuji x100s) is just under the recommended maximum weight. I use it mainly for low angle shots, up from the ground.. not as much with rails and fences, but I can imagine it would have no issues with fixing the cam pretty much to any similar object. Important accessory, makes a big difference to the lousy selfies that I shot without it.

I loved it at first. It fit around so many things and was a really handy tool. It held my relatively hefty camcorder, although I thought it wouldn't be able to. However, on a trip to Brazil some gum got stuck on it and so I washed it, only to find it stiffened up really badly and was almost impossible to use. This, along with the price, which is too high to justify what you get in the package, dissuades me from recommending it.