Review: GoWorx FreeRide Smartphone Phone Mount

Overview : Fresh off the GoWorx design table, the FreeRide Phone Mount transforms your phone into an infinitely versatile and mountable camera capable of shooting time-lapse photos, steady video, unique perspectives and anything else your creativity conjures up. FreeRide securely attaches to GoKnuckles and The Original Handle as well as any pole, suction-cup mount, tripod or any of the thousand other gadgets that hold a GoPro HERO or traditional camera. Whether using your phone for POV video, rigging up your smartphone as a GoPro camera display or adding a second perspective to your video production, the padded, vice-like clamps secure your phone so you can capture quality footage with the camera you already own.

Features :

• Three-fin mount and included thumbscrew let you mount your smartphone (with or without a case) anywhere you can mount a GoPro HERO camera, unlocking the creative potential of your smartphone.
• Included ¼-20 universal tripod adapter lets you mount your smartphone to any tripod or traditional camera mount built for a point-and-shoot or DSLR. With your phone on a tripod, you can finally utilize its powerful camera by capturing quality, shake-free video and truly stunning photos.
• FreeRide works seamlessly with other GoWorx designs, including the skate-ready Original Handle and internationally acclaimed GoKnuckles.
• Vice-like design fits any smartphone between 56.5mm and 86.5mm wide (2.2 to 3.4"), including all Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy models.
• Top screw locks down clamps to ensure a solid hold during rowdy, in-motion skate shots.
• Soft urethane rubber pads grip your phone (with or without its case) and prevent scratches from the mount itself.
• Impact-resistant polycarbonate and precision-machined 304 stainless steel provide a long, adventurous product life regardless of use in saltwater, freshwater, snow, mud, dust or black Hawaiian sand.
• With the GoPro® Smartphone App and a little ingenuity, the FreeRide lets you rig your smartphone as a touch-screen display to view and control your GoPro HERO camera in real time.
• The FreeRide also enables secondary video perspectives when using your GoPro as the primary camera during your next video project.
• With the FreeRide, a dashboard mount and your favorite map app, your smartphone becomes a removable GPS to guide you to your next skate or wave session.

Press Release: Kickstarter - GoWorx FreeRide Smartphone Mount

Our friends over at GoWorx has just launched a new product on Kickstarter called the FreeRide - a versatile and fully adjustable Smartphone Mount that enables you to simply and securely attach your Smartphone (with or without a case) to pretty much anything, anywhere! The FreeRide Smartphone Mount features both of the world's most popular camera mounting systems:

(1) You're free to directly connect your Smartphone to any mount or accessory designed for GoPro® HERO cameras, including existing GoWorx products (GoKnuckles review and Original Handle review)!

(2) The included tripod adapter allows you to attach your Smartphone to any traditional camera mount (with universal ¼”-20 threads).

Retail price is $30 for the mount if you already own a GoKnuckles and Original Handle. If you don't you can purchase the FreeRide with the GoKnuckles or Original Handle with it.

Continue reading for full press release.

FreeRide Smartphone Mount - ​Unlock your Smartphone’s creative potential.

The GoWorx team hacks the GoPro® accessory market for smartphone Asheville, NC - August, 25 2014 - GoWorx, a leading manufacturer of creative camera accessories for the action-adventure industries launches ‘FreeRide’ - an innovative Smartphone Mount from a company that continues to push the edge in both design and function.

FreeRide, is a versatile and fully adjustable Smartphone Mount that enables you to simply and securely attach your Smartphone (with or without a case) to pretty much anything, anywhere. The FreeRide Smartphone Mount features both of the world's most popular camera mounting systems, which unlocks thousands of ways to mount and use your Smartphone to capture your life creatively:

(1) Direct connection to any mount or accessory designed for GoPro® HERO cameras:

• Unlock your Smartphone’s creative potential - choose from thousands of mounting possibilities on the market
• Capture additional angles alongside your GoPro® HERO camera to take your filmmaking to the next level
• Use your Smartphone as a mountable touch-screen display to view and control the GoPro® Smartphone App
• Use your Smartphone with existing mounts designed by GoWorx®

(2) Universal Tripod Adapter for traditional camera mounts:

• Secure your Smartphone to any camera gear or equipment featuring the industry standard 1⁄4”-20 adapter
• Use your lightest and most portable camera (your Smartphone!) with your favorite professional camera mounts
• Leverage your Smartphone's awesome camera featureslike Slow Motion and Time Lapse to their fullest extent

“We asked hundreds of photographers, cinematographers, and action-adventure enthusiasts about the cameras, mounts, and accessories in their bag(s).” said Ryan Klinger, CEO of GoWorx. “Everyone’s shooting photos and videos with their Smartphone, but no one had the ability to connect them to the GoPro® and traditional camera mounts they already owned. FreeRide unlocks your Smartphone’s creative potential - we're finding exciting and unexpected applications every day.”

Review: GoWorx GoKnuckles for GoPro HERO

Overview : Hit the streets, surf, or snow in style with the black GoWorx GoKnuckles for GoPro HERO. Inspired by the classic look of brass knuckles, the GoKnuckles is a functional handheld mount with an integrated three-prong GoPro mounting interface. Your HERO camera can be mounted facing towards you or away from you, letting you capture yourself and others during action sports and adventures. An anodized aluminum thumbscrew with stainless steel hardware comes included for securing your HERO housing or frame.

Features :

• Works with all GoPro HERO cameras
• Handheld Mount
• Provides secure handsfree grip
• Three-Prong GoPro Mounting Interface
• Aluminum Thumbscrew Included
• Durable, waterproof and safe
• Ultra-Portable size

Review: GoWorx The Original Handle for GoPro HERO

Overview : The Original Handle by GoWorx gives you a scorpion tail handle for capturing new and unique camera angles with your GoPro while providing better stability rather than holding the camera by itself. Not just for hand-held work, the Original Handle is free-standing, so you can rest it on a flat surface and use it like a mini tripod.

The Original Handle+ version features a rubber grip and a strap for mounting the GoPro WiFi remote so you can operate the camera while holding the grip. The Pro version comes only in anodized silver and gold.

Features :

• Works with Any GoPro HERO Cameras
• Constructed from High Strength Plastic
• Aluminum Thumbscrew
• Adjustable 550 Paracord Wrist Strap
• Lightweight Design
• Strap for GoPro Wi-Fi Remote

Kickstarter: GoWorx GoKnuckles for GoPro HERO Cameras

We were contacted by Ryan over at GoWorx who informed us about their new Kickstarter campaign. GoKnuckles looks exactly like brass knuckles (without the brass) and with a GoPro HERO attached to the top of it. The GoKnuckles lets you hold your GoPro HERO securely while still also allowing you to use your fingers to hold or grab stuff.

Through Kickstarter, the GoKnuckles is $15. It's $2 off the retail price of $17.00.

Continue reading for more information about the GoWorx GoKnuckles.

Hit the streets, surf, and snow with GoKnuckles - the most awesome way to mount and use your GoPro® HERO camera.

If there is one thing GoPro fans around the world are demanding, it's more fun. Thus we designed GoKnuckles, an incredibly functional handheld mount for your GoPro® HERO camera inspired by the iconic form of Brass Knuckles.

Your GoPro camera can be mounted facing either way, which makes GoKnuckles the perfect tool for filming yourself and others during any action sports and adventures.

THE ORIGINAL HANDLE

To spice up our campaign, we are offering our flagship product in addition to GoKnuckles for two of our top pledge tiers.

The Original Handle works with GoPro’s HERO® camera and enhances the control you have over your photos and video. Handheld, it’s perfect for capturing low angle, 3rd person, and alternative perspective shots that are usually difficult to film. Unmanned, it provides a stable base for recording yourself or shooting creative and secondary angles.

The Original Handle+ features our Grip Upgrade and a strap to easily attach your GoPro® Wi-Fi Remote and control it with your thumb.