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. [Not a Doktor]

   What, no screw bottle wine joke?

2. [technogeek]

   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. [Josh Smith]

   Also, Make your own for about $3!

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

4. [Nekrozion]

   Hey, what’s with the floccinaucinihilipilification?

   Yes, I am stupid.

5. [stretchdog]

   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.