Meet the Rota-Strap and Rota-Lock, a brand new digital camera strap system fabricated from aluminum and Dyneema: Digital Images Overview

There are not any scarcity of digital camera straps in the marketplace, however ever every now and then a novel design involves mild that gives a refreshing tackle what’s a seemingly easy accent. The latest firm to do that is viiu, who’s launched its first merchandise, the Rota-Strap and Rota-Lock, on Kickstarter.

The Rota-Strap appears to be like like your normal cable-style digital camera strap at a look, however its materials and and methodology for connecting it to the digital camera is a bit completely different than different choices in the marketplace. The strap is fabricated from Dyneema, a Extremely Excessive Molecular weight Polyethylene (UHMwPE) that’s roughly 15 occasions stronger than metal by weight. Other than being light-weight, it’s additionally slash/resistant, which ought to in idea make it harder for would-be thieves to shortly get away along with your digital camera.

The Rota-Strap attaches to the digital camera utilizing an an aluminum ball and socket rope connector that enables for full 360-degree rotation that ought to assist to reduce put on on the fibers.

When the Rota-Strap is paired with the Rota-Lock accent, the strap doubles as a wrist strap for occasions if you need your digital camera a little bit nearer. The Rota-Lock will also be hooked up to the shoulder straps of backpacks to take the burden off your neck or a single shoulder to distribute it extra evenly throughout each shoulders.

That is viiu’s first set of merchandise and first time crowdfunding any sort of gear, so it stays to be seen how the method will play out. In response to viiu, ‘specs on this product have been finalized, and we devoted appreciable time to advancing manufacturing for a well timed, high quality product.’ The corporate goes on to say that as quickly because the marketing campaign is completed, manufacturing will get began, which ought to take six months in complete—three for making the pre-production module and one other three months for mass manufacturing and poackaging. Ought to the timeline observe that estimate, the primary batch of Rota-Straps ought to ship out in October 2022.

A pledge of $48 will safe you a single Rota-Strap and Rota-Lock. Must you need a couple of, merely double (or triple, or quadruple) your pledge. Viiu saus the Rota-Strap will retail for $68.95 when it hits market after the marketing campaign, with the Rota-Lock equipment costing further (between $15 and $30). You may make your pledge and discover out extra in regards to the Rota-Strap and Rota-Lock on viiu’s Kickstarter marketing campaign.

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