Black Tac

[victor_meldrew]

heard about this in MCN and apparently its available from places like Dogcam or Action Cameras ..
With all the chat about mounting bike cameras and / or gps units , has anyone ever actually used this stuff ??

It sounds like it would be perfect for mounting me gps etc -- if I could find anywhere in the NW who stocked it !!

Thanks for your help, as always

[DarrenSV650S]

This stuff?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/***-Black-Tack-***-Professional-Camera-Mount-*-1m_W0QQitemZ260785866662QQcmdZViewItem

[victor_meldrew]

Yeah ! That looks like the stuff - not to be confused with Black Magic Tack which is something to do with clothing turn ups ........

Brilliant, ta !



but does it work ?????
Am I going to find my aging and historic Garmin sat nav (which has still 14 hours battery life ) bouncing down the road ... ?

[Teejayexc]

It would be fine for fixing bullet cameras/small leds I guess. Don't know if I would trust it on a GPS though ?

[Bibio]

that stuff looks like car door card tape. i wouldn't trust it to hold anything.

[Owenski]

Just bought the dogcam HD bullet, mounted it to my lid using the sticky back velcro mount which is provided at purchase. Once fitted I quickly realised that I wasnt confident in the hold so added a butt load of black gaffer tape ontop too - its not going anywhere now.

http://forums.sv650.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9375&stc=1&d=1308136574

http://forums.sv650.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=9376&stc=1&d=1308136581

[FG1]

0.19 cm wide ?????

[Owenski]

surely that means depth, 2mm depth... you'd hope.

[AndyBrad]

is that some piping ga's i see there?

[Owenski]

Flow Control Manhole spec, its what I was meant to be doing instead of writing this report on the dogcam...
http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=167736

[AndyBrad]

used to do that for clayton & co in pensitone. worst company ive worked for bar none! :D

[Teejayexc]

used to do that for clayton & co in pensitone. worst company ive worked for bar none! :D


Spell Penis right Andy :safe:

[disco]

that black tack looks like glazing tape

[victor_meldrew]

Well, I've used this a few times now to put my sat nav onto either the top yoke or onto the front of the tank -- and its brilliant !

Not like gaffer tape at all, more like a super strong blu tac. The longer its on, the more 'firm' it seems to be . Three small blobs is enough to hold my old Garmin Quest on the bike. When I take it off, there is no residue.

I know my sat nav is old, but it has a 20 hour battery life ( so no need for hard wiring) .. well, it had when it was new, now seems to be around 8 - 10 hours (I think that I need to 'condition' the battery a bit more : let it run completely out a few times, see if I can recover it a bit more).

If someone can pm me how to post pics, I'll put some up if anyone wants to see ?

[DarrenSV650S]

Have a read of this http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=99318

[victor_meldrew]

Heres some pics (if I followed Darren's excellent instructions properly)

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/Victor_Meldrew/Pictures003.jpg
blacktac on the back of the GPS

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/Victor_Meldrew/Pictures004.jpg
... and simply pressed onto the front of the tank..

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/Victor_Meldrew/Pictures001.jpg

crap picture but you can just about see it stuck in position at Rivi Barn

[DarrenSV650S]

Can you just keep reusing that stuff?

[victor_meldrew]

yes you can keep using it - peel it off, roll it up, re-use it --- its just like blu tac only stronger :)
available from those camera shops that do extreme sports / head cam equipment an stuff (eg action cameras, but I got mine from Northern Ireland : cant remember the name of the place at the mo)