Gorilla Pod users...

[NJDad18]

did you buy a head for the tripod?

 

[manning]

Did you lose it??

 

[Gdad]

did you buy a head for the tripod?

No- I have the slr version and just use the plastic clip that came with.

 

[boBQuincy]

I have the SLR-Zoom Gorilla and bought a Velbon ballhead for it.

 

[manning]

I have the SLR-Zoom Gorilla and bought a Velbon ballhead for it.

Can you give more details on the ballhead. I lost the head on the Gorilla pod, the pro model. No matter how many times I tightened it, it would come lose and finally lost it.

 

[boBQuincy]

Can you give more details on the ballhead. I lost the head on the Gorilla pod, the pro model. No matter how many times I tightened it, it would come lose and finally lost it.

I have a Velbon QHD-51Q, with a weight rating of about 7.5 lb. It is compact and takes the same quick release as my Velbon tripod, so I can leave the mount on the camera most of the time. The ballhead is about $50 at many of the stores, making the Gorilla/ballhead combo kind of expensive but it works well.

If you really don't want the head to come loose, try a little Loctite 242 (the blue compound, the red stuff is forever)

 

[manning]

Thanks for the info.

 

[0bli0]

i actually just picked up a SLR-Zoom and i have a few different heads i can use with it. i'll definitely use some loctite as the head does spin pretty easy - especially with a body attached!

 

[boBQuincy]

My head seems screwed on pretty tight, although DW would probably disagree!

The Velbon head has a footprint that matches the Gorilla Zoom-SLR very closely and the pod has a rubber pad on top so the head seems to stay on very well.