Reddit mentions of GoPro The Handler Floating Hand Grip (GoPro Official Mount)
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Reddit mentions: 6
We found 6 Reddit mentions of GoPro The Handler Floating Hand Grip (GoPro Official Mount). Here are the top ones.
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Increases Stability: Helps you capture steadier footage compared to holding the camera by hand.Floats Any GoPro Camera: The Handler keeps your GoPro afloat so you can shoot in and around the water, worry free. BacPac Compatible: Floats your GoPro camera with an LCD Touch BacPac or Battery BacPac attached.Comfortable, Secure Grip: Soft, non-slip material makes The Handler comfortable to hold and provides a more secure grip. Easy Aiming: The Handler makes it easy to aim your camera and capture a variety of angles.Perfect for Watersports: Capture immersive POV Footage while surfing, kayaking, wakeboarding, boating and more. Waterproof to 33’ (10m)Includes: The Tool: Comes with The Tool, a GoPro thumb screw wrench that doubles as a bottle opener. Wrist Strap: The adjustable wrist strap provides greater security of your camera.
Specs:
| Color | Black |
| Height | 9.53 Inches |
| Length | 2.17 Inches |
| Size | AFHGM-001 |
| Weight | 0.213 Pounds |
| Width | 7.01 Inches |
I would recommend something similar to this then for use on the rides. Anything with a wrist strap would be best.
https://www.amazon.com/GoPro-Handler-Floating-Official-Mount/dp/B00O12F210/ref=mp_s_a_1_42?ie=UTF8&qid=1541731844&sr=8-42&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=gopro+accessories
Oh, so this one is pretty poor?
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O12F210/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
What do you recommend?
I've seen people have special masks with the GoPro mount on it, I've seen people wear a chesty harness under their BCD, I've seen people wear a wrist strap, most people (including myself) just simply hold their camera on a floating handle. It truly depends on what you're doing on a dive, where you're diving and your experience with diving.
Hope this helps. :)
Edit: Here's the mask
This doesn't answer your question, but personally we use something really similar to this
The scariest part is if we decide to transfer the camera. I keep the wrist band quite tight on my wrist and was not afraid to drop it at a moment's notice, and in fact I did drop it a couple of times. I was really focused on making sure my partner had enough air and was doing okay and all those routine checks and just dropped it a few times.
I'm not sure what your motivation is to be hands free. You shouldn't be compensating your buoyancy with your hands and you shouldn't be touching anything, unless you are thinking about holding a light or thinking of emergency situations. But for an emergency situation you can just drop the camera if it's on a wristband and not worry about it. I could see advantages to being hands-free, but I think I'd personally prefer having a hand mount.
(Our diving instructor let us use the gopro on the last dive because we had finished the training and it was just us and him because the other couple had left, so he was able to keep a good eye on us and felt comfortable with it and we felt comfortable with it too.)
I bought the GoPro branded floating handle (I got the "white" older version as I like the "solid screw" mount not the clip on mount).
GoPro Handle
Going to be picking up some accessories for my GoPro H5B in the next week for a trip to Dubai/Thailand/Indonesia in March/April. These are what I have identified as potentially useful, does anyone have any first hand experience with any of them?
I also need to get a couple of 64GB Micro SD cards, i'm going to go for the Lexar 633x as reading the thread about them, but I can't find anywhere in the UK that sells them at a reasonable price, any ideas?
Thanks