What is Reddit's opinion of RAM Mounts Twist-Lock Suction Cup Base with Ball RAM-B-224-1U with B Size 1" Ball for Vehicle Windshields?

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The official mount is decent, but the suction cups included with mine (in 2017) were junk. I bought a RAM mount suction cup - https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008JGZMZK/ - removed the ball via the screws, and drilled + countersunk holes through the Stratux holder to attach it to the RAM mount.

I've used a suction mount here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008JGZMZK/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Go big or go home with this aspect of it, just like the quality of lube, cleaning materials, certain accessories, etc. In the grand scheme, all that stuff is very inexpensive if you're really trying to get the appropriate effect and not mess around. Mount: this to this to this. And be clean with this, also so that you can just liberate yourself and not worry about that aspect.

I know gopro is the brand everyone's got a raging hardon for, but I bought one and loathed it, couldn't get rid of it fast enough.

I ended up buying a few other cameras since then for various things, the one I use as often as possible is a Kodak SP1

• waterproof without an extra case
• has proven itself pretty much indestructible, without an extra case
• 1/4" mounting foot works with real camera gear, not the stupid proprietary trash gopro uses
• stereo mics pick up excellent, clear sound (unless it's mounted outside a vehicle that's hauling ass... wind noise is wind noise)
• Screen is built in, so it's easy to make sure everything is in the shot
• wifi app is easy to use and doesn't crash the camera when you exit or go out of range like the polaroid cube does. this feature was really fun to use when i was exploring a vertical mine shaft with this camera from the safety of not-putting-my-only-living-body-into-an-old-mineshaft
• physical controls are easy to use so you don't need to learn morse code and count beeps to communicate with the thing
• comes with a separate lens for underwater shots, really does take better underwater than any other action cam I've used
• Gets more than 3 hours out of a battery at 1080p recording, plus the battery is swappable if you want to get a 2nd to keep charged, plus it can record while being charged by a USB cable for long term continual shooting. I've done 7-8 hour continual travel shots outside my car.
• capable of 120fps (at lower resolution) which is sometimes fun to play with for slow mo
• Has selectable white balance settings for indoor, clouds, sunshine etc which is cool

Specific to in-car filming, it's nice that the field of view is wide enough I can mount this on the windshield and get both driver and front seat passenger in the shot comfortably.

The Drift Ghost is a pretty good camera too, but if I was buying another action cam today it would be another Kodak SP1.

Also pick up this and this and this if you're going to do any inside or outside car filming. Sticks on (very clean) paint and glass very well. It's always scary to put a pricey piece of gear outside a car, and I always use some gaff tape on a retainer for double protection but this mount has never let me down and it holds the camera very steady, no shaking.