SmatreeCarbon Fiber Detachable Extendable Floating Pole For Camera

The best pole i could say, well made and suits the price. The long floating pice was also very good. A recommended product for your go pro.

This is a remarkable product, well made, professionally designed and packaged, plus it's supported by folks who are the epitome of professional: responsive, kind, generous, trusting, thoughtful, and, above all, trustworthy.This product works perfectly. Some folks complained about the wrist lanyard coming unscrewed and a couple other things that could've been easily avoided by using a modicum of common sense. No design can overcome carelessness and lack of forethought.I have other Smatree products and they are all top of the line in design and quality plus they are priced to provide an unbelievable value. It's so rare to find companies like this anymore.I strongly recommend you support them by trying out their products -- you won't be disappointed.And this is not a paid review. I'm a tough customer to satisfy; these folks easily exceeded my expectations.I've added an image of my rig. I learned about redundancy scuba diving -- always attach gear to prevent the pain of watching it sink into the abyss. Since it floats bottom up, for visibility you'll notice yellow gaffers tape  Professional Premium Grade Gaffer Tape by Gaffer Power, Made in the USA, YELLOW 2 Inch X 30 Yards, Heavy Duty Gaffer's Tape, Leaves No residue, Better Than Duct Tape  and reflective yellow 3M tape  3M 3431 Yellow Reflective Tape, 0.5" width x 5yd length (1 roll)  on the bottom. For additional visibility and flotation, plus a second (redundant) layer of security, note the floating yellow wrist strap  SmaAcc Waterproof Floating Camera Strap(3-pack) for Gopro and Underwater Cameras, Phones, keys . A stainless steel lanyard  Smatree 33 inches Stainless Steel Tether Lanyard for GoPro Hero 5/4/3+/3/2/1/Session (3PCS)  provides a third(redundant) layer of security between the camera and the wrist strap, not the pole lanyard.I'd lose the camera only if multiple points of security failed simultaneously. And if that happens, I'm sure there'll be other much more important matters to attend to.Finally, to avoid any noise transmitting to the camera, I use Velcro cord wraps or removable cable ties to snug stuff up to the pole. And if I plan to collapse/extend the pole during recording, I just wrap stuff up in my hand to snug it up. Professional Premium Grade Gaffer Tape by Gaffer Power, Made in the USA, YELLOW 2 Inch X 30 Yards, Heavy Duty Gaffer's Tape, Leaves No residue, Better Than Duct Tape3M 3431 Yellow Reflective Tape, 0.5" width x 5yd length (1 roll)SmaAcc Waterproof Floating Camera Strap(3-pack) for Gopro and Underwater Cameras, Phones, keysSmatree 33 inches Stainless Steel Tether Lanyard for GoPro Hero 5/4/3+/3/2/1/Session (3PCS)

I really like this stick. I recently took it on vacation, where I used the floaty part on a salt-water snorkel, and I used the other part as a regular selfie stick. I also put both parts together and tested it in a swimming pool, and it successfully floated my Hero 5 Black. As someone else noted, it doesn't have a bright end, so I put some yellow tape on the end, and that made it more visible.The stick is comfortable, very easy to extend and contract, and I was able to deploy it quickly. (BTW, the locking knobs loosen counterclockwise and tighten clockwise, which felt normal to me. I mention that because another reviewer had a different experience.) The two sections screw together securely giving quite a long reach, but also come apart without argument. The leash is proportional to the stick in length and strength. The stick is small and light enough to fit easily in a small backpack. Although light, it feels sturdy and well-made. I kind of wish I'd gotten the one that came with the little tripod, but I didn't. Oh well.So why not 5 stars? I have one complaint with this stick, and it's something that took me by surprise. It's noisy! Every slight change of hand position on the stick conducted sound to the camera. This effect was worst when the two sections were screwed together. If my hand was steady on the foam grip, it was good, but I apparently changed my hand grip a lot, so I got a lot of bad noise interference in my audio. Maybe this is a problem inherent with carbon fiber. I don't know. I might try taking the unit apart and inserting something inside to baffle the sound.Smatree makes nice products for the price, and in spite of my audio difficulties, I still really like this product. I just need to be more zen while I'm shooting video. :-)

I bought this selfie stick after carefully reading the reviews, got mixed feedback, and thought I'd try my luck anyways; bad decision. My experience is specifically in regards to the GoPro Hero 7 Black. The screw to attached the GoPro to the extendable piece IS NOT long enough. Once completely threaded through, there is only about 2 threads for the nut on the other side to screw onto and it is NOT stable whatsoever. I did not feel that the GoPro was securely attached nor was I successfully able to adjust the angle without the GoPro flopping around because the nut was just not tight enough. One time I was using the selfie stick while horseback riding and the vibrations of the activity actually loosened the nut enough to where it just came off completely. Horrible experience. The floating pole has a different attachment piece where the nut is welded onto the pole itself and that is a much better experience. But without the extendable piece having a secure attachment, the entire stick is worthless to me.

These work really well. At full extension, the GoPro FUSION's built-in stitching will NOT remove all of the pole. It's too long. So you'll see the pole's "shadow" in the video which can suck. For regular GoPros I'm sure it's fine. It's got great locking mechanisms. I bought a Remote attachment so that I can stick a GoPro remote on the stick, to activate down low when the GoPro is up high. I WISH they also gave us a micro-tripod screw-in base... that would make it perfect. I used it to shoot surfing.

So far I have not had any issues with this product other than adding extra articulation fittings to where the camera hook to the pod. The camera will hook to the stick without any extra parts, but it will only articulate in one direction, with the extra fittings I am able to move it up/down and tilt it left or right also.In this way I am able to take certain shots that can pretty much eliminate the pod (stick) from being seen in the pics or vids. This actually creates a bit of distance away from the stick which can be quite helpful. Other than that this product is awesome and it feels and looks very professional! Highly recommend it to all and glad I bought it!