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Glif iPhone 4 Tripod Mount: the Best $20 Piece of Plastic Your Money Can Buy
November 29th, 2010
Despite having a rather unfortunate name, the Glif is actually a really good product idea. It’s a tiny mount which lets you put your iPhone 4 on a tripod with ease.
Designed by Thomas Gerhardt and Dan Provost, this pint-sized piece of rubberized plastic mounts onto any tripod or camera mount with a standard 1/4″-20 thread. And for those times when you’re not in photo-taking mode, the compact contraption turns into a nifty stand so you can view images or videos on your iPhone. When not in use, it converts into an antenna guard, so you can keep it on your iPhone at all times.
Proving that the Internet truly is revolutionizing product development, the $20 device started out as a Kickstarter project, with its makers sights set on generating $10,000 to get their project funded. Amazingly, they’ve raised over $137,000 to date, and will start shipping the Glif in about 2 or 3 weeks. You can pre-order one here.
[via iPhone Savior]
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lol glif!?
sounds like gilf :s
…hence my “unfortunate name” comment.
I never knew what a gilf was until I reached this page. I’ve now been ruined…
Just in case you’re looking for a cheaper tripod mount for your smart phone, the company I work for just came out with one called the Grippit. It’s $9.99. You can learn more about it here: http://www.digitaltreasures.com/camera_acc_details.php?recordID=07471. Our company is called PC Treasures.
Um, nice product plug. Even you have to admit that the glif is a bit more elegant a solution than that thing.
Is it more elegant? That video certainly makes it look that way. But ours is ten dollars cheaper. And if all you’re looking for is a way to connect your phone to your tripod, I don’t see why the Glif is better than the Grippit. Anyway sorry for the shameless plug. It’s probably annoying when people do that.
You guys definitely win on price. I just really like how the glif serves more purposes than just a tripod mount.
Us too, actually. It’s been quite the topic of discussion over here since we saw your post.
where is yours made? one of the reasons the glif may be more expensive is that it is made in the US, not in china, with virgin santoprene.
The Grippit is so… green. Terribly, terribly green. But for less than half the price and being able to leave the case on is a big plus. But still… Green?
Ugh! Man you could not pay me enough to touch that thing far less use it! I think I’d rather play with a toad that went “ribbit!” than with a “grippit!”.
Chic, functional elegance gets my money every time, and I’ll happily pay more for it too. But of course that’s just me. I do realize that not everyone is as aesthetic-sensitive as I am and hope there are enough of them to make grippit! economically viable for its makers.
How much is shipping?
How much will product sell for once production start up money is collected?