topic Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole in Arlo Pro 2

Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

Buckeye75 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 06:34:01 GMT

I want to mount an Arlo Pro 2 on a section of my telescopic flagpole. It can't be drilled into the pole, so I want a solution that I can easily remove as I telescope the flagpole down. Straps? How to attach to the camera? Fasteners? Is the mounting magnet strong enough to hold camera once deployed 15 feet in the air?

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

brh — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:52:46 GMT

@Buckeye75

I glued an automotive hose clamp to the back of one of my cameras so that I could mount it to a lamp pole in my living room.

Brian

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

AncientGeek — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:54:19 GMT

NetAtmo makes a pole mount for their weather station that might work.

https://www.amazon.com/Netatmo-Mount-Rain-Gauge-Wind/dp/B017C4FXKI?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ipad-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B017C4FXKI

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

Buckeye75 — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:37:17 GMT

You are awesome, AncientGreek! That solution is perfect. The rubber piece is the key. I wish I could get the same holding strength with a fastener that's easy to take off when telescoping the flagpole down. Your solution needs a screwdriver and someone holding the flagpole up before the stop. I'm thinking a small rachet (Like a tie down for MCs.) that you can flip it up and it comes off. Thanks again for your best of breed solution. I owe you a drink. Next time you're in the Buckeye, call me.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

AncientGeek — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:50:24 GMT

Glad to help!

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

Buckeye75 — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 10:48:06 GMT

Could not have been easier!Easy to install.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

silverado44 — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:32:47 GMT

Only problem I see with that is on a fairly windy day the pole is going to move giving you false motion recordings.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

AncientGeek — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:49:01 GMT

Possibly. Though it is likely the camera would be mounted fairly low on the pole and therefore experience less motion than it would higher up. The same is true for small diameter trees. Personally, I have more problems with branches, spiders & spider webs, leaves, rain & snow and days when there is bright sun, big clouds and a lot of wind.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

silverado44 — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 14:58:40 GMT

I have had succes by spraying bug-pest killer around the cameras every few weeks to a month and it greatly help the spider and web issues. Sometimes birds are amazed by the cameras and hover in front of them looking at the cameras.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 Mounting to Flagpole

AncientGeek — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 15:07:35 GMT

I always figured the birds were looking for the spiders!