What does it take to get a GoPro suction mount to fall off?
What does it take to get a GoPro suction mount to fall off?
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brotherharry

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261 posts

312 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Just wonderin'

MagicalTrevor

6,481 posts

258 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Other than not putting it on properly... Not a lot is going to make it fall off, I believe they're designed a tested to well over 100mph.

Having said that, I use a tether made from para-cord and a small carabiner

Nurburgsingh

5,538 posts

267 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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the go pro youtube channel has got a video made with it stuck on one of them aerobatic planes.

as long as the surfaces are clean it'll stick bloody well.!

that said i tether mine too... just in case

Stu R

21,636 posts

244 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Taken one up to an indicated 190 and it didn't budge, so I guess it'd take user error, a poor surface, or bad luck smile

Synchromesh

2,428 posts

195 months

Tuesday 1st May 2012
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Mounting it on a surface which isn't totally flat. I did it on my car door and it fell. Not that it mattered until another car ran over it. Thankfully the camera itself was fine and only the suction mount and casing needed replacing.

TomN94

2,401 posts

187 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Putting it on the back of an Audi R8. I know from first hand experience.

brotherharry

Original Poster:

261 posts

312 months

Wednesday 2nd May 2012
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Guessing on twisty circuit work, quick shifts in lateral and linear G make life harder compared to most on-road driving...?

jon-

16,534 posts

245 months

Thursday 3rd May 2012
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Crashing into a ditch, side down with the go pro on.

It survived with a few scuffs.