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This mount is use to mount my Canon HF10 to the front windshield of my Jeep Rubicon so I can video tape my exploits on the trails. I have used it twice and so far the camera has stayed in place over some very rough terrain. The only think I would change would be a way to add a quick disconnect to allow me to remove and reinstall the camera quickly.
I'm using it to mount my camera to the roof of my car (a 1992 Jeep Cherokee) and the camera does not move when driving. It works. It feels sturdy. Bumps in the road don't make the camera wobble. No problems, recommend 100%.
This is important as the Flip does not stabilize the captured video and tendency for the cam to move while operating seems exaggerated in the resulting video. The suction cup creates a rigid coupling that hasn't come loose yet, at least in the hour or so at a time I've had it attached to the tank. While the Panavise 809 mount is advertised as a window mount, it also works great in securing my Flip cam to the gas tank of my motorcycle. The Flip is small and light, and I haven't tried this mount with my larger cam. The arm articulates nicely so that the cam can be set to level (or at whatever angle you'd like it to be), and extends enough so that the cam sits nicely behind the fairing and out of the wind. The rigidity of this mount is a big improvement over another mount I tried in that the Flip doesn't flop around (pun not intended ;). The mount has a 3 lb. weight limit.
Exactly as shown. Holds my HF100 HD camcorder upside down very easily. Great product.
Even though I have a low profile "ultracompact" digital camera, there was not enough room between the windshield and the mount to allow me to mount the camera - unless I mounted it upside down, which I obviously could not do because of the inability to rotate the resulting movie.FORTUNATELY I discovered that the Civic has a flat non-porous ( i.e. This clearly is designed to be a CCTV mount. As such, with most CCTV cameras having top mounted attachment, I have no doubt that it works flawlessly.It is very well constructed and does indeed have amazing suction power and solid construction without any "wriggles".I bought it hoping that I could use it on the fairly steeply raked windshield of a late model Civic to film driving routes with my digital camera. plastic ) top gauge cover, and was able to mount it on that. But the vast majority of cars have curved top gauge covers, so I don't think this will be suitable for any but a few car models for the purpose I'm using it for.If Panavise could come up with the same assembly and a U - shaped holder for mounting a camera with a standard tripod screw thread from the bottom, BELOW the mount - now that would be far more useful.
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