DIY: How to Make a GoPro Float with a Bottle Cap and Sugru

While GoPros are made to shoot underwater (within the confines of their housing – that is – they aren’t exactly made to float, if by some chance you happen to drop your camera while filming underwater.

Of course, there are third party solutions out there to prevent this from happening, but they’re often a bit pricy. Thus, here to ensure that your camera doesn’t sink into the abyss on the cheap is a little DIY bottle mount from Youtube Channel Wandering Designers.

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Using a standard GoPro tripod mount, 1/8th inch bolt and notes, a pack of sugru, 1/8th rubber washer and a bottle cap, this little DIY project offers up great protection on the cheap.

The two minute video shows the process in much more detail, but the summary of what you’ll be doing is as follows. First, you’re going to drill a hole through the center of the cap. Through that hole you’ll be pushing the bolt up through the bottom, applying the sugru to ensure a water-tight seal around the bolt. Once the sugru has been formed and dried as desired, you simply toss the rubber washer on top, screw on the tripod mount and you’re good to go.
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Once finished, all you’ll need is an empty bottle and you’re on your way to filming underwater without the fear of losing your beloved action cam. Not only is it cheaper than other solutions, but it’s a clever bit of upcycling, which is always welcomed.

(via Lifehacker)

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