Fix Shaking

winter4w

winter4w

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So in my car my camera shakes and vibrates when I drive. I was wondering are there any good mounts out there for the G1WH to fix this.

Thanks
 
That's the same as 1st link in my post.
 
put some blue tac on the joint...
 
winter4w said:
When I saw youtube reviews it looks like they got this suction cup. (https://www.ebay.com/itm/131161742403) When they do sample clips the camera is not shaking. I got a different suction cup mount on mine. You know where I can maybe get this one?
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The suction cup mount you are asking about is the worst one available for the G1W-H. Stay away from it.

The second link that @Sunny posted is the one you want for the most stability.
 
winter4w said:
So in my car my camera shakes and vibrates when I drive. I was wondering are there any good mounts out there for the G1WH to fix this.

Thanks
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You can always try to find the cause and fix it yourself (if fixable). Mine started to have up and down wobbling footage because of the heat and I found out that the part of the mount that inserts on top of the camera (I'd appreciate if anyone could be so kind as to tell me how it's called ๐Ÿ™‚) became a little slack when hot. I cut two small rectangular black paper stripes, inserted one on each side, between the camera casing and the round bit that allows the East/West movement, and now it's solid as a rock.
 
Dashmellow said:
That just won't cut it if you're looking for a rock solid mount that is set-and-forget reliable.
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wont cut it..

been using it over a year now and I don't get wobbles other than the ripple below my shirt !!!
 
Dashmellow said:
The suction cup mount you are asking about is the worst one available for the G1W-H. Stay away from it.

The second link that @Sunny posted is the one you want for the most stability.
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Well, allow me disagree to with you, if you don't mind. The worst is the one with the ball joint and the "security" latch. My old G1W came with one of those and the ball joint's nut and screw only lasted a month. And I didn't touch it during that time! One morning I found the camera hanging from the power cord: the screw was shattered to pieces on the dash and the nut was still attached to the ball but cracked in two places.
The H came with one of those that you say are the worst and it's light years better than the crappy old one. There's one thing I particularly like about it: it allows about 1cm of East/West movement, which is great when I want to capture something that's out of the FoV when the camera is in the normal position.
 
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Sunny said:
That's the same as 1st link in my post.
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The mirror mount I am afraid if I put the camera behind my mirror it might block my light sensor on it.
Dashmellow said:
The suction cup mount you are asking about is the worst one available for the G1W-H. Stay away from it.

The second link that @Sunny posted is the one you want for the most stability.
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lol ok then I guess I won't go for that one.

petepete said:
put some blue tac on the joint...
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Its not the joint tho that I see is shaking. It is the small square clip that is a tad loose when I put the camera in it. So the camera shakes a bit left and right.

Module 79L said:
You can always try to find the cause and fix it yourself (if fixable). Mine started to have up and down wobbling footage because of the heat and I found out that the part of the mount that inserts on top of the camera (I'd appreciate if anyone could be so kind as to tell me how it's called ๐Ÿ™‚) became a little slack when hot. I cut two small rectangular black paper stripes, inserted one on each side, between the camera casing and the round bit that allows the East/West movement, and now it's solid as a rock.
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Where I am from it gets super hot in the summer (It can hit 120 sometimes). It could be the heat that might be doing it but as I told @petepete, I think it is the small square clip I attach to the camera because I can still move it a bit it is not a solid lock. Now it is strong enough to hold the camera in place so it won't fall but it is not that strong to prevent it doing little bounces.
 
winter4w said:
...Its not the joint tho that I see is shaking. It is the small square clip that is a tad loose when I put the camera in it. So the camera shakes a bit left and right....
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It might be that the "T" mount is not slid all the way into the camera slot.

I had the same issue with my G1W-H cams and was kind of surprised how much force it took to seat the mount all the way in.
 
winter4w said:
(...) I think it is the small square clip I attach to the camera because I can still move it a bit it is not a solid lock. Now it is strong enough to hold the camera in place so it won't fall but it is not that strong to prevent it doing little bounces.
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Have you tried push it all the way to the end? The first time I mounted mine it felt a little loose too, then I found out I hadn't pushed it all the way in! ๐Ÿ˜€
Now, as I mentioned above, it's rock solid, even when working under temperatures around 37ยบC (98.6ยบF).
 
DT MI said:
It might be that the "T" mount is not slid all the way into the camera slot.

I had the same issue with my G1W-H cams and was kind of surprised how much force it took to seat the mount all the way in.
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Damn, you beat me to it! ๐Ÿ˜€
 
Module 79L said:
Well, allow me disagree to with you, if you don't mind. The worst is the one with the ball joint and the "security" clip. My old G1W came with one of those and the ball joint's nut and screw only lasted a month. And I didn't touch it during that time! One morning I found the camera hanging from the power cord: the screw was shattered to pieces on the dash and the nut was still attached to the ball but cracked in two places.
The H came with one of those that you say are the worst and it's light years better than the crappy old one. There's one thing I particularly like about it: it allows about 1cm of East/West movement, which is great when I want to capture something that's out of the FoV when the camera is in the normal position.
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I've owned several 3M mounted ball joint mounts that have been rock solid and very durable. They've been in use for years in all kinds of conditions. It sounds like the one you got was defective. Then again, the one I had such a bad experience with that I say to stay away from was probably defective as well and perhaps the one you have isn't. The vendor actually sent me a replacement of that style mount though and it wasn't very stable, solid or reliable either compared to my ball joint mounts, so I'm not a fan of that design. Go figure? Because of where I need to mount my cameras I like the flexibility of the ball joint mount for their ability to tilt a camera horizontally as well as turn it laterally on a left/right axis.

petepete said:
wont cut it..

been using it over a year now and I don't get wobbles other than the ripple below my shirt !!!
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The reason I made that remark is because I live half way up a mountain on a dirt and gravel road. Depending on the conditions and the time of year it is quite bumpy, rutty, muddy and can sometimes be quite treacherous. The term often heard around here is "washboard road". Having been using and installing dash cams for about 5 years now and living where I do in a rural area I probably have more experience dealing with the challenges of mounting dash cams so they don't wobble or vibrate than most members here. For this reason I wouldn't use blu-tac the way you do. You may find that blu-tac works for you as you likely drive on more gentle roads in your environment and that's fine, but I wouldn't trust such a fix it and wouldn't recommend it. From my point of view a camera mount should be absolutely stable and permanently solid.
 
Dashmellow said:
I've owned several 3M mounted ball joint mounts that have been rock solid and very durable. They've been in use for years in all kinds of conditions. It sounds like the one you got was defective. Then again, the one I had such a bad experience with that I say to stay away from was probably defective as well and perhaps the one you have isn't. The vendor actually sent me a replacement of that style mount though and it wasn't very stable, solid or reliable either compared to my ball joint mounts, so I'm not a fan of that design. Go figure? Because of where I need to mount my cameras I like the flexibility of the ball joint mount for their ability to tilt a camera horizontally as well as turn it laterally on a left/right axis.
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I think we have this camera's insert more to blame than the mount itself. The problem I had on the G1W was due only to the dilation of the insert/casing rather than the mount, so much that I had to strap-lock the camera to the mount's latch to eliminate the slack.
On the H the insert is much better and the mount is a lot more sturdy, it's wider, thus more stable, and the camera sits higher, which hides it even more.

Since I can't mount the camera behind the rearview mirror, this one fits the job perfectly. Then again, as you said, it depends more on the person's needs than anything else. It's a bit like this camera: some people only have bad things to say about them and other people are quite happy with the problem-free unit they have.
 
I've owned a GT300W and a G1W-H (which is an exact clone of the GT300W to the point where you can interchange the parts and mounts) and both have had good fitting mounting tab inserts that have been very stable, so for me that has not been an issue. For awhile, some people complained that these slide-in type tab mounts on these and similar cameras were too tight and the recommendation was to sand them down. Now people seem to be complaining that they're too loose.

I also own a GT680W that has the same type of slide-in tab mount only much smaller and it is fairly stable as well but it tends to flex a bit more.
 
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