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Originally Posted by cjd
Eh. That's a decent price for the setup you get.
Yeah, you could make them cheaper, but could you do them in batches, box them up nicely with instructions and all the extras, and still make a profit for much less than that? It adds up pretty fast.
As someone that says "I could make that for a lot less" rather a lot (I'm learning as I age!) I'm skeptical, though limiting its use to just this platform could help the cost a bit.
I've done custom car parts for folks in the past, and I barely broke even (I still have the two I made for locals I 'could trust' that never got picked up or paid for... so the loss goes against any profit I might have made...) People just didn't want to pay, even though no one else did anything close.
Of course, I've already gone through a few mental design iterations to make it even better for how I'd use it... maybe I do need a headrest camera mount... hah. I'd need another gopro though.
edit: I'd be making it so it's not clamp-on, but slide-on. I flip my headrest when I AutoX (much better fit/comfort with the helmet)
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Maybe I should word it this way... I could make something of equal usefulness that fills the same role for less. Their "no tools required" approach is adding a lot of cost. Along with the telescoping end, anodization, etcetc. Especially for a "stealth"setup for a dashcam that fits a single chassis, all this would be unnecessary. Anyone with a hacksaw and a drill could make something similar. Like Steve said, some guys make these out of PVC. Depends on how fancy and how"high quality" you want it to be. Steve got the Ferrari of camera mounts