SANDMARC Pole - Metal Edition: 15-50" Waterproof Extension Stick (Pole) Compatible with GoPro Hero 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, Session, 4, 3+, 3, 2, & HD - with Remote Clip

I started my search for a GoPro pole knowing that I wanted one that offered aluminum construction so I didn't have to worry about rust via saltwater, aluminum camera mount/thumbscrew for added strength compared to ones that are made out of plastic, and a wrist tether for added piece of mind. I love my Sandmarc Metal Edition Pole! It's design and build quality is top notch, I agree that it could be used as self defense weapon if needed. The hand grip and wrist tether are very helpful while SCUBA diving. The pole will fill with water once it's submerged, but the water quickly is purged out of the opening where the wrist tether is mounted on the bottom of the hand grip when the pole is completely retracted to it's shortest height. This enables you to unscrew the top aluminum camera mount after your finished SCUBA diving and flush the inside of the pole with freshwater to get ride of any saltwater. The angle of the aluminum camera mount allows you to mount your GoPro at both selfie and a forward facing. In either direction, the mount allows the user to fine tune the desired camera angle by hand without loosening the pole's thumbscrew. The almost 90 degree angle while forward facing at any pole length combined with the built-in display on the Hero 4 Silver is very helpful while SCUBA diving (see my attached photo for example).Like other reviewers have stated, the loosening/tightening clamps only need to be turned a few rotations for the pole to be extended or collapsed. You will feel a slight pressure release when you have begun to loosen the clamps, then the pole pieces will then move freely. The SP Gadgets Smart Mount for the GoPro Smart Remote fits nicely on this pole. While there are cheaper poles on the market, do some research on what they are constructed of and what kind of user reviews they have. For the price, I feel that this pole will serve me well for years in any type of conditions.

Ordered this for my husband for his new GoPro9. He's had other poles before that were cheaply made and just not built to last. This one you can tell is a quality product. It has a built on mount so you dont have to worry about switching it out with another mount. It has the built in wrist strap which is nice because the past ones were screwed into the bottom handle and always fell out over time some how. The grip on the handle is good and the pole itself extends and folds back with no issues, even after being in water. The only gripe he has is that the nut on the end of the screw mount is easy to lose but other than that, he loves it!

I have not had a chance to test this pole thoroughly but I just received to the pole and it’s construction feels very well made. I do know from another brand that if you unscrew it to much the locking mechanism can become damaged. the pole itself still locked but some of the plastic designed for locking broke and came out(it still locked though) So not a huge deal. Just note this pole is NOT the same brand as my last pole and am not trying to recreate the issue. So I just unscrew it slowly and be careful. So just make sure you follow that rule and you should be good. Anyways the pole is 50 inches as advertised. I made sure to check that first, because someone wrote a review saying it was around 40 inches. This company sells another smaller 40 inch pole so maybe he got one of those on accident OR didn’t realize the very top piece extends as well. I could see how that happened because it was kinda hard to see the last extension, but who knows. Anyways I will test it this winter because I do a lot of backcountry splitboarding. So will update my review maybe sometime next year. All in all, it is advertised as said and look forward to testing it. Also I paid full price and received no discount for this review by the company. I am very happy so far!

This selfie stick pole thing feels like quality material which I was nervous about from other brands. I took it out and used it on the slopes when I went shredding. I will say because it’s so close to the camera, it’s a little difficult to screw in the GoPro to this and then as some point even with the backing in, I may not have tightened it enough but the backing for the screw that holds the go pro on got lost. That’s an easy fix though. Overall it’s a great durable product that works really well! Just wish the design was slightly different so that screwing in the GoPro isn’t as much of a pain.

Sandmarc has a good product here! Back story...I ordered this extension pole to be used with a GoPro camera in water applications. I could not find another extension pole that is waterproof at the length this provides! However, I used it for about 3 weeks before I came into some problems. The adjustable wrist strap detached from the grip and the extension pole piece that had the handle would no longer tighten and hold together. I ended up wrapping the strap around the grip, and I taped the pole pieces together, but both these problems left me wondering how secure the pole would be after this, especially with an expensive camera on the end of it. This left me upset because I thought I had a good find and the product was working so well for the time I used it! I ended up reaching out to the manufacture to see what they could do for me. Not only did they respond to my concerns within 24 hours, they sent me a brand new pole (no additional charges, no shipping costs, nor did they asked me to send the defective pole back) by the end of the week! Although I had some product complications in the beginning, Sandmarc has great customer service and is quick to address your concerns. I will 100% recommend them and use their products again! Thank you Sandmarc!

The aluminum pole itself is very good, but I had a terrible experience using it while diving. The rubber handle where it’s attached came off during the dive, and I lost my camera. Definitely turned out to be a very expensive mistake.