Quik Pod Selfie Extreme selfie stick

In a time when kayak anglers festoon their kayaks with two or three waterproof video cameras, and you can buy drones which will automatically follow you down a rapid or circle around you on a mountain peak, a selfie stick may seem like a quaint anachronism.  But they have their uses, and allow you to get some fun shots.  If you have an action video camera, you can use a selfie stick to take pictures of yourself while skiing, skydiving, or whatever.

Most selfie sticks are pretty flimsy and don’t look like they would survive being used outdoors.  After a bit of shopping, I bought a “Quik Pod Selfie Extreme” selfie stick manufactured by Digipower.  It’s 17” long when folded, which is bigger than most selfie sticks, but it extends to 53.”  It has four telescoping sections which lock in place with snap locks, and the sections have notches in their sides so they won’t rotate under the weight of a camera.  One thing which sold me on this selfie stick is its ruggedness.  Another was pictures of it being used underwater in the ocean by a scuba diver, which suggests that it may be designed to handle the rigors of outdoor sports.



I wish my waterproof still camera had a remote control, so I could quickly click off a series of shots from different positions with the selfie stick.  But it doesn’t, so I have to use the camera’s time delay shutter feature.  This is fine for taking general pictures of myself, but when taking ”grip and grin” pictures of myself with a fish, it’s a hassle to hold the fish with one hand and operate the camera and juggle the selfie stick with the other hand.

I use telescoping ski poles when backcountry skiing.   After I developed some serious corrosion on a pair of ski poles, I learned to take the poles part and let the telescoping sections dry out for a couple of days after a day on the slopes.  I have been doing the same thing with my selfie pole.  At the end of a day, I extend it all the way, wipe it off with a towel, collapse it, and then repeat the process several times to get as much water out of it as I can.  Then I leave it open to dry.

Here’s a couple pictures I took this weekend with the selfie stick.  In between taking pictures, I caught two lake trout and four bull trout.

Nice pictures, Pete. I've owned a GoPro Hero 3 Black for about two years now, but have never opened it. I don't own a selfie stick but the Quick Pod looks stout enough to research further. I might be the last north American angler who hasn't photographed my every move.