TetherGuard Camera Support - 3 Pack

Great product couple with all the other gear this is wonderful setup for studio photography

I have doubts about the name of this product. I dont know how well it would stop a USB cable from being jerked out of the port. The plan is not to find out. The tether cord or thread that you tie off to your camera strap lug ring is very thin. Weak link. This could be a bit more robust for the money. There is no substitute for being careful with your cord. I bought this to serve as a cable strain relief. I position the clamp on the cable at a point that keeps the cord pointing straight out of the port (as shown) before it begins to curve away from the camera body. My camera is usually on a tripod when I shoot tethered. It probably is best to just let the cord get yanked out of the camera vs the risk of your rig crashing to the ground because the cable is now tethered to your camera. Anyhow, the JerkStopper does serve well as a cable relief to keep the cord exiting straight out of the USB port preventing gravity from tugging on your port. I keep the tether on the camera strap ring at all times and I keep the clamp on the cable at all times. I use the quick disconnect to join the two when I shoot tethered. After I unplug the USB cable from the port I squeeze the JerkStopper quick disconnect to separate the cable from the tether.

I use a Canon T2i camera in a photo studio, tethered to an iMac and Adobe Lightroom (a nice combination of tools). The cable I had kept falling out, disrupting my work, and causing a total collapse of continuity and energy in the project. I had to restart the camera, and usually had to restart Lightroom. With this simple device, the cable stays put, and my photo sessions are more successful.

I use this every time I use my camera tethered to my laptop. It reduces the strain on the cameras USB port and keeps the cable from being pulled out by gentle tugs on the cable as I shift the tripod around. Its expensive for what it is, but worth it to save your cameras USB port.

your better off using duct tape. The product is cheap plastic and it uses an empty usb port so instead of just ripping your power out you rip your usb out as well. the string on the camera mount broke the day I received the product. Good idea bad product.

Great solution to protect the camera when tethering.

Expensive for what it is. Even more expensive on Amazon. I guess we pay extra for free shipping. Im not complaining. It works better than my homemade efforts. It holds my camera remote release cable fine and takes the strain off the connection. I do wish the thing was an inch or so longer.

Yeah, it works. Clever and needed.

This little tether is vital to not only stay connected but keeps from damaging the port on your DSLR....own it.

Really cool product, works exceptionally well. Keeps the cord from damaging the connector in the camera. Brilliant idea. Works better then I thought it would.