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Sip Snap Sip Snap...Belch!

thomcatspike — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:06:01 -0800

Bottle Cap Tripod Travel lighter with it.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:08:53 -0800

Today Boing Boing and Gizmodo linked to a company selling a bottle cap tripod.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:11:53 -0800

only works as long as the bottle is full right? pepsi blu! there, done. carry on.

By: bonehead

bonehead — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:13:15 -0800

Another version also via gizmodo.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:20:10 -0800

pepsi blu! "pepsi home brew" - taster's knock of choice

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:22:22 -0800

knock off choice

By: dogwelder

dogwelder — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:28:15 -0800

bought the parts yesterday- will assemble when I get my next bottle.

By: dogwelder

dogwelder — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:30:51 -0800

...but I won't call it a tripod, since it only has one leg. bottlepod?

By: Ogre Lawless

Ogre Lawless — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:39:56 -0800

Bah, who needs it? It actually sounds like -more- work than carrying a small extensible tripod around. I've got one that's probably 6" when folded up that will go nearly as high as your average soda bottle when fully extended. I mean, sure, I paid $8.50 more or something, but that pays for itself in about four sodas worth of sessions plus the added peace of mind that I don't have my goddamned multihundreds cam attached to a unstable lump of plastic, soda and hardware.

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 15:48:00 -0800

I think the whole point is portability. You only carry the bottle top and then if you need a tripod you can buy a bottle of coke and screw your cap on. Quite a groovy idea - certainly handy for night time Lomo shots

By: dg

dg — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:16:13 -0800

Of course, if you have a flat space to sit the bottle on, coudn't you could just sit the camera on it?

By: tippiedog

tippiedog — Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:39:18 -0800

I've had two Ultrapods (one in each size) for years. The small one works great for my new small digital camera. Fits in the small case along with the camera, too. In addition serving as a traditional tripod, I use it in a variety of ways for steadying the camera. In a church in Santa Fe last month, I attached the camera but left it folded up, and just held it firmly against a pew to get some very nice non-flash photography.

By: DelusionsofGrandeur

DelusionsofGrandeur — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 06:42:39 -0800

This was just what I needed on my trip through India and Nepal.

By: dabitch

dabitch — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:28:22 -0800

neat tippiedog, that ultrapod is a third of the size of my mini-tripod... Might hafta get me one of them. Hey, I have the same camera as you.

By: matteo

matteo — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 12:13:21 -0800

ok, but imagine what's going to happen when they come up with a Bottle Cap iPod