Hello I'm Neil thanks for clicking on this video welcome back to the Happy Hut.
Today I'm unboxing this it's labeled the Telesin monopod for action cameras but it's actually
listed as the Afaith aluminium alloy extendable handheld selfie stick with telescoping pole
for GoPro Hero 6 GoPro Hero 5 hero4 - they've got all the bases covered basically.
I've got this - the GoPro Hero 5 black and I wanted a grip for this for vlogging so
let me just open it up and what I'll do is while I'm unboxing it I was looking for something
really specifically good for vlogging with a GoPro Hero 5 black.
By the way I know I'm not in the happy hut today - that’s round back there.
It’s such a gorgeous day, I’ve got a table and everything.
When it comes out the box it comes with this paper warning attached which I've really carefully
torn off.
Basically what it's saying in quite broken instructions is if you can see here there's
a lock symbol - there's a lock.
If you turn it one extra turn this mini tripod locks into place but when it's stored as a
hand or if I try to pull it off while it's locked like that the legs will snap if I try
to open up the mini tripod.
So what the warning’s trying to say is twist it into its unlock position and then you
can open it up easily.
So I hope you can see that and then when it stands but obviously it goes down so you've
got to then put it into the lock position so it's like that - it's just that one final
turn that will mean that it doesn't collapse.
But if you try to fold up the legs while it's in locked, they will snap.
The legs are plastic and there are little feet I don't know if you can see that.
That's it - it's just either open or closed but it could not be clearer that you have
to have it in that unlocked position to unfold or fold up the legs and then twist it into
lock to keep them there.
What I was looking for wasn't a selfie stick it was a hand grip, and I wanted as small
a hand grip as possible.
And on the pictures on Amazon it looked quite large but in reality it's about 20 centimeters.
This is rubberized - and the, the pole itself is aluminium and the other thing I wanted
was the tripod thread so the Afaith comes with the GoPro top attached - that's permanently
attached to the first top section of the selfie stick.
So this is my GoPro frame...
put the GoPro in... oh by the way it made a video for a screen protector I'll put that
in the description.
This is what it looks like so you've got a POV of how it would look like to vlog with
this the Telesin aluminium selfie stick/ Hello this is how the GoPro looks in the frame
without a microphone but just gives you an idea of the kind of arm's length distance
with the stick has with it down at this lowest setting.
On the box it says that that distance is 90 centimeters and then to bring it down just
twist and push.
It's a collar you can put on the top here - phone holder on - and then here you can
use your phone as your viewfinder for your GoPro.
So what you've got now is a viewfinder that's in your field of vision and you can see what
you're shooting without having to look off-camera.
And take off the GoPro mount.
Put on this tripod mount oh man look at - this is how well built it is - the bolt has flown
off the back.
You have a smartphone hand grip.
Unfortunately the smartphone holder - I just gave it one extra turn - and it just
snapped clean off the this is now useless.
Look at that!
It's just it's just a plastic thread.
This doesn't work don't trust this holder with your phone - so this collar is I mean
it's completely and it's just junk now that is completely useless
And if you've got this far into the video thanks so much for watching I hope this has
been helpful and this stick does seem really sturdy it does seem like it does the business.
I'm gonna put all of these GoPro Hero 5 black vlogging setup videos into one playlist and
again if you click on the “i” in the corner along the top of the screen or look in the
links in the description below you'll see a link to this stick and I'll also link to
my playlist for some of the other videos -- I’ve got an unboxing I'll be putting the microphone
videos on there as soon as the mic adapter arrives and if I figure out a vlogging setup
that doesn't involve a bit of plastic then I'll put that up as well if you have made
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But anyway I'll put all the links in the description if anything else comes up with this I'll put
it in the description as well.
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