the stickypod?...

I've borrowed one of these from a friend. It's sitting in my office right now.

Check out filmtools.com. I have one of their car mounts. Costs a little more than sticky pod, but it's a more robust piece of equipment. The filmstools mount includes a quickrelease plate, etc.
 
It works better than you'd think. I have one I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. The thing has yet to budge once I lock everything down and slap it on the car. It looks a bit cheap but it does work. It's really hard to beat for the price. If you don't like it I'm sure you could recoup most of your money on ebay.
 
One nice thing about the stickypod is that it uses four suction cups. The filmtools mount uses one large suction cup (makes me a little nervous sometimes).

Still, the filmtools mount includes other feature the pod does not. There's a button on the filmtools mount that will indicate if the suction pressure was too low. This hasn't happened to me yet.
 
didya also spot you can win a sticky pod at the moment by creating them ad banner for DVXUser?
Nothing's better than free...
 
I got a StickyPod in 2004, and I've used it in some way or another for every major shoot I've had in the last two years. It can be alot more than a car mount, and the camera mount extensions and knuckles can be used in other ways with or without the "POD" itself. It's definetly one of those tools you can really think outside the box with and get creative. The short film I did in 2004, "Those Sneaky Devils!" won the SouthSlam film festival in Austin Texas earlier this year. While at the festival more filmmakers asked me, "how in the heck did it get THAT shot", referring to my very unusual POV shots using the Sticky Pod. I have used it as a car mount too, and it does work well. Just follow the instructions, and do all the risk management you possibly can. Nobody wants to hear of a DVX that met with a Firestone death.
 
I bought a Sticky Pod a couple of months ago and have used it in numerous situations. I originally bought it because I needed a straight overhead shot on a multi-cam shoot. I was shooting in a office with a drop ceiling. I bought some plexi-glass, cut it to fit into the ceiling tile grid, attached the Pod and I was good to go. The camera hung straight upside down for at least 3 hours during the shoot with no problems. I too feel better about having 4 suction cups.... I still tethered it just to be safe. For the money, I highly reccomend it.
 
I have one and it is good, I'd like to have better camera connection, maybe a tripod head or strong connectors.

Ulisses
 
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