They are built much better and easier to use. I mainly use this for scuba diving and snowboarding, and it is easy to quickly extend the arm and retract it. The handle is very comfortable upside down as well, so it's easy to switch from filming what's in front of me to filming myself. The thick, rubber covered handle is much easier to hold than some of the other adjustable arms with thin metal handles.

This multipurpose mount can be used as a camera grip, a tripod or an extension arm. This folds up into a similar size to the floating handle. The tripod is stored inside the handle adding more options to you shooting when you have this. Its great. It's sturdy and very well made, we don't abuse it, just use it for what it was made for.

Bought this as a birthday gift for my boyfriend, and he LOVES it! His last selfie stick broke, and I figured this one would be perfect for our trip home for the holiday/tourist trip to New York. Folded up it easily fits in a pocket of cargo shorts, or a camera bag. It was great for family pictures placed on a table, I will say that fully extended it is not as long as the majority of selfie sticks out there, but it is long enough for anything we would need it for. We have not used this under water yet, and have had zero issues with any of the screws coming loose.

We traveled to the Caribbean and this product worked great when we got to drive around the town in buggies, worked great for a time lapse photo of the sun going down, and worked great when we were taking pictures in the ocean. Truly a travelers "must-have" if you are working with a GoPro. Very glad we purchased this!

I really like the versatility of this product. I could go from taking pictures of something in front of me to taking a selfie with just a twist of the wrist. The only thing that would make it better is a way to easily take pictures while the arm is fully extended (like a thumb button). But I know that would significantly increase the price of this product. I got around this by setting it on a timer to take some of my pictures.