NEEWER Super Clamp with 3" Dual Ballhead Magic Arm, Ball Head Adapter, Cold Shoe, Phone Holder, Action Camera Clamp Mount for Flat/Round Surface C...

So I have tried a few similar products looking for something sturdy to clamp on my boat console that would hold my cell phone and my night vision camera. I had no success until I stumbled upon this beauty here. Not only is it sturdy as can be even while going across rough water, it holds both devices at the same time! Oh and did I mention you could add on to it also!? If you're looking for a quality made product you've found it.

Purchased on 01-31-2024 for $15.29. ($17.99 - $2.70/15% discount) Do you remember when you first saw stuff from Neewer? For me, it must've been around 10+ years ago. Their stuff was cheap, price-wise, and they were CHEAP, quality-wise. Frankly, they were POSes. Then, maybe around 5 years ago, I noticed an improvement in the material, construction, and quality of their products. Fast-forward to now... Neewer is making nice products with reasonable, affordable prices. I won't go crazy and say that their stuff is on par with RRS, PMG, FLM, Wimberley, Gitzo, Novoflex, etc. Nope, not there, yet. But, they're getting close enough to be within eyeshot in the rearview mirrors of the Big Boys. This clamp+arm is a good, functional accessory. It's all metal, save for some rubber pads. It's machined well with a clean powder coat finish. It comes with a couple of add-ons: phone clamp and GoPro tripod mount with thumb screw. These add-ons are mostly plastic, not metal. The phone clamp extends ONLY around 3 1/4". If your phone is 3 1/8" wide, you may get it on, barely, because of the rubber bumpers. But, remember that this phone clamp is plastic, so it may not react well to a forceful, maximum extension. My phone+case is 3 7/16, and there is NO WAY to get it to fit. I got this clamp to use primarily with my GoPro and Insta360 X3, but I had planned on using it with my phone, too. Now, though, this phone clamp is useless. At the same time with this, I bought another Neewer phone clamp with a cold shoe base so I could mount my phone atop my camera. Yep, same thing. It wasn't wide enough. Neewer needs to get with the program and update all of their phone clamps to accommodate wider phones with cases. The GoPro tripod mount is good, but not perfect. When I attach a GoPro and torque the thumb screw, you can see light between the fingers and the mount surfaces. The finger surfaces of the mount do not match flat and true to the GoPro fingers, which means that the verticality of the mount fingers are off a bit and they're not parallel to each other. Truthfully, I'm nitpicking on this issue. The clamp has four 1/4"-20 females (actually two through-and-through females) with ARRI locating holes, a cold shoe mount, and a 3/8 female on the side. ***UPDATE. There is NO 3/8 female option. Neewer's description is wrong and should be corrected. All threaded holes on the clamp are 1/4"-20. The magic arm has two 1/4"-20 females and a male 1/4"-20 post for an accessory. The other 1/4"-20 male end is screwed into the clamp; it's probably removable, but there is a small Allen screw on the side that "locks" it in. (I have not attempted to remove it since I have no need to make a change.) Even with the knob fully loosened on the magic arm, there still is drag and tension on the ball joints. They're not loose to the point of being floppy. Here are some ballpark numbers on how widely the clamp can open and the minimum width of its grip. With the pivoting feet out of the way: - The tip of the jaws open to a MAXImum width of @ 67 mm. This is only between the tips of the clamp, NOT the pivoting feet. - With the sides of the jaw parallel, the opening is @ 54 mm. - The miniMUM tubular diameter for clamping at the center is @ 11 to 12 mm. (Can't grip a AAA battery; it's too thin. Closes and grips a AA with @ 3 mm gap remaining at the tip.) With the pivoting feet in use: - @ 53 mm is the MAXImum clamping width. Obviously, I'm displeased that the phone accessory is useless to me, but overall, I'm happy with the clamp. I can recommend it.

This clamp has swiveling tips that allow it to get a flat grip no matter the thickness you're trying to clamp onto. It makes a huge difference when trying to grip flat things.

I have found all manner of uses for these clamps from holding small lights, to action cameras, etc and they stay where I put them. I even mounted one on a dragster and it stayed right where I mounted it. LOVE these clamps and am buying more!

Admittedly I was skeptical about this item being right for me. I was pleasantly surprised to witness how dependable this item is. The size was right for the hoops on my Polaris Slingshot. It was easy to adjust with very little fuss. The material feels extremely durable. I can easily install or stow away the item as needed. I would highly recommend this item to my friends and peers. For reference: I used this with my Insta360 x3 camera. The longest drive Ive had so far was 4-5 hours long. Fantastic product.