Integrated Walking Pole + Tripod - 4th Year University Project Participation

[JamesMcKernan]

Hi guys,

First post on the forums and I'm hoping to get a positive reception. I am a 4th year university student studying product design and I am currently doing my final year project. For this project I have to design a complete product of my own conception and right now I am at the research stage. The product I am creating is very much a legitimate design and the research is the key to its fruition.

So what is this product I speak of? Well, I wouldn't be posting on this forum without good reason. The product I am designing is a combination of a trekking pole, for hiking/hillwalking/skiing/any activity involving walking poles, with that of a camera tripod.

I'm posting on this forum to get some feedback from the genuine people in my target market. I would really, really appreciate if you could take the time to fill out my research survey, it should only take a few minutes and hopefully shouldn't bore you. This survey will go a long way to helping me establish the specifications of my product and the requirements and needs of the user. There is a more detailed description of the product and the idea behind it on the survey.

Survey

Thank you very, very much for taking the time and please, if you have any comments, questions or wish to share an opinion do not hesitate, everything helps.

[Ken Bennett]

I took the survey. It's difficult to answer the "like" and "dislike" questions without seeing a prototype or mockup of some sort, but I did my best.

[JamesMcKernan]

Yeah I know, as it's just the research stage I don't have a detailed design plus it's hard to properly convey a detailed idea to people from so many different background. understandable. Thanks very much for answering!

[Alan Smallbone]

There are several on the market already I was looking on Amazon at them sometime ago. Several trekking poles have removable ends with a tripod screw mount for a camera. I took the survey.

Alan

[jjj]

There was a recent kickstarter project that utilised walking sticks to make a light weight tripod that was very minimal to carry.

[PeterAit]

It's hard to see how a walking pole can be a tripod - perhaps you mean monopod? And, as you probably know, a trip to REI will reveal lots of these for sale. Perhaps you are not trying to do something new, just better, but I thought I'd mention it.