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Monster Pod is a winner!
What a cool product! I first saw it on the manufacturer's website, and immediately thought, this is something I have needed but didn't even know it existed! Once I got my hands on the monster pod I was able to take all kinds of shots which had previously been difficult. Finally I can get my husband and myself together in a shot when we are away from home on one of our adventures. Ever since I have owned a compact digital camera, I have used fences, windowsills, and especially my car, as makeshift tripods, basically steadying the camera against whatever works to get the shot. This has become much easier now that the camera is attached to the sticky base of the monster pod! With monster pod plus car I have the perfect setup for photos of sunsets and city lights at night. I have also set my camera to video, and shot successfully through the car windshield with the monster pod stuck to the dash. <
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>I think monster pod is a versatile and useful tool. Anyone thinking about buying one should read the manufacturer's website because there are certain limitations to be considered, such as the weight of your camera. Not all surfaces are perfect for the goo. I have used it on a tree trunk, and spent 15 minutes afterward picking pieces of bark out of the orange sticky stuff. But old weathered wood, like a fence post, works great. For what they charge for the product, I think it's a winner! <
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Limited usefulness
What struck me first about the Monsterpod was that I couldn't use it against a flat vertical or near vertical surface, like a wall, in order take pictures directly opposite the surface because the socket ball can't pivot so that the camera can be parallel with the Monsterpod. So for example if you wanted to stick this thing up on a wall to take a picture of you and something opposite that wall, no can do. You'll have to find some other angle. Looking back I should have known this since no demonstrations of the Monsterpod show it take pictures from a vertical surface in landscape mode level with the ground. <
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>Beyond that the other reviewers are right. This is basically a ball and socket resting on a disc of silly putty. It gets dirty quickly, and leaves bits of itself on the surface you stuck it too. It can be cleaned, and the residue can be washed off, but its more hassle than its worth for regular use. <
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>I'm also not to crazy about trusting Monsterpod to hold up an expensive digital device. The instructions say it can hold for 1-10 minutes. Are we supposed to guess when the camera is about to take a fatal fall? <
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>I'm kind of disappointed..given my terrific experience with the Gorillapod I thought this would be another indispensable take-everywhere tool. Instead I don't see myself using this outside of some narrow situations where the normal tripod or Gorillapod won't work. And I'll be ready to run in case it decides to fall over. <
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>UPDATE : I put the Monsterpod on my wall. I didn't use any great force. I peeled it off, and it took some paint with it. I now have a patch on my wall I need to fix, and without repainting the entire room its not going to look good. Monsterpod is in the trash now.

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Good Function
This is the only mini tripod I've found that works for my specific task. We use the monster pod to mount digital camcorders above the dash in small aircraft. We need the camera to stay "stuck" during abrupt maneuvers. Generally, the airplane stays upright, but bounces around a lot in turbulence and the like. We've found the monster pod holds the camera safely in place, even when the airplane rolls upside down (briefly). A couple of observations: the mounting surface we use is metal and flat, so the "silly putty" on the monster pod forms a very strong bond, in fact it takes two hands to pry it off after a few minutes in the hot sun. Second, the monster pod is really designed for still cameras, and the camcorders we use are larger and heavier, so the tripod ball and socket on the monster pod are a little light, but do work acceptably. (we found we can get to the ball/socket to tighten it by removing a little of the silly putty from the center) The only other types of mounts we've seen that might work use suction cups, are larger, more complicated, and much more expensive.