I’m already preparing my Christmas gift list. And if, for the first time in years, somebody actually buys me a present, they can buy me this, the Photojojo Happy Helmet Bike Camera Mount.
The mount is dead simple — a pair of 1-inch wide nylon straps which thread through the ventilation holes in a bicycle helmet and cinch tight with plastic clamps. In the center is a quick-release tripod socket, strong enough to hold a compact point-n-shoot camera as you jiggle down the street.
Why is this better than, say, our own abortive attempt to build a handlebar camera mount? Because, being up on your head it is rattled much less, as you body absorbs the shock, making for a safer camera and also (unless you are a heavy drinker on a morning ride) less shaky pictures and video. It’ll also follow what you are looking at instead of slavishly staring ahead into the backs of frustrated, traffic-jammed cars.
And we guess video is what this mount will be best at, unless you want to rig a remote shutter release, too. Worried about looking dorky? Too late! You’re already wearing a bike helmet, so it can’t get much worse (note, we fully endorse wearing a helmet. We just don’t like the look of them).
$20 each, or $36 for a romantic his’n’hers double-pack. Available now.
Product page [Photojojo]
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