Screw-on bottle cap tripod almost useless, but kind of neat

This $10 screw-on bottle cap will allow you to mount any camera to the top of a bottle, transforming it into a makeshift tripod. Needless to say, you'll want to make sure there's enough liquid in the bottle you're screwing it onto before attaching your expensive digicam.

Bottle Cap Tripod [Charles and Marie via Gearfuse]

[#1 posted by Not a Doktor , November 20, 2008 10:30 AM]

What, no screw bottle wine joke?

[#2 posted by technogeek , November 20, 2008 11:47 AM]

Of course you could take your own bottle cap, drill a hole in it, and fit it with an appropriate sized bolt and nuts... but maybe it's worth $8 in labor and $1 for the thumb-nut at the top.

Gotta agree, though, that the question is "why". Where would one use this rather than a $6 folding mini-tripod?

[#3 posted by Josh Smith , November 20, 2008 12:21 PM]

Also, Make your own for about $3!

http://www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20040723_diy_bottle_cap_tripod.html

[#4 posted by Nekrozion , November 20, 2008 10:28 PM]

Hey, what's with the floccinaucinihilipilification?

Yes, I am stupid.

[#5 posted by stretchdog , November 21, 2008 6:49 AM]

Cory blogged this in 2004. :)
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/07/20/bottlecap-tripod.html

He posted the above DIY link the day after.

I made one, and it really comes in handy when you're wandering around a Theme Park in the hot sun, Trapped on Vacation with nothing but a water bottle and a camera. One thing to note though is that it only works with a point and shoot because of weight restrictions. I abandoned the idea when I upgraded to a DSLR.