I have a love/hate relationship with mounting units. I love it when I first get them, (and they hold my iPhone steady on my car dash), and I hate it when the plastic they’re made of eventually wears out or breaks. Enter eleMount, a mount/stand for your iPhone or iPad, (SIGH! yes, Android too…), that is made of CNC machined aluminum. It may cost a little more up front, but it may just be the last mount you’ll ever have to buy.
From the eleMount Kickstarter site:
Meet eleMount. This universal mount raises the bar, allowing gadgets to be placed on a premium pedestal that matches their beautiful design and quality. One of the most user friendly mount ever designed, eleMount sticks to any flat surface and doesn’t care if you prefer Apple or Android or like to keep your case on.
eleMount allows you to detach and re-mount easily, without leaving any sticky residue.
Some uses for the eleMount include:
- Use eleMount as a car mount to place your smartphone on your windshield or dashboard for easy navigation and hands free calling.
- Use eleMount to mount you smartphone or tablet on a tripod. Simply unscrew the eleMount to reveal a 1/4” 20 thread that you can screw into your tripod of choice. Use this setting to capture unforgettable time lapse images.
- Use eleMount as a desk mount for easy FaceTime, message checking, video watching and song selection. It’ll even hold your tablet up while in the kitchen so you can easily check a recipe mid-chop.
The fine folks at eleMount demonstrated their stand for us via Skype this week, and we were impressed with the simplicity and beautiful design of the device. We can’t wait to get our hands on one.
An “eleMount mini” will also be offered:
eleMount mini is designed for the smartphone and tablet photographer and videographer. This camera mount allows mobile devices to be attached to camera equipment that supports standard 1/4″ 20 threads. eleMount mini’s universal design allows it to be used with virtually any smartphone, small tablet, and even with protective cases. It’s a quality accessory that instantly ups your photography capabilities.
eleMount’s Kickstarter project will help get production started as well as help fund the machinery, materials and consistency needed for such a product.
This is the type of product you look at and think, “If Apple made a product like this, they would do it exactly like this.”
If the eleMount sounds like something you’d like to see hit the market, be sure to visit their Kickstarter page and check it out. Multiple levels of pledges remain, and you can reserve an eleMount for yourself for as little as $60. (Or, put another way, 3 of those cheap-ass “As Seen on TV” crap plastic mounts.)
Have you seen, or even better yet do you have, a current Kickstarter or Indiegogo project you’d like us to check out? If you do then drop me a line at chris@mactrast.com. Tell me all about the project, and why you think it would make a good subject for a future Kickstarter/Indiegogo Project of the Week. If I agree, I’ll contact you for more information.
