PaintballX3 Magazine August 2013, PaintballX3 Magazine | Page 114

product review 114 There may not be much to the simple Inception Apache GoPro camera mount, but there’s much more to its designer Simon Stevens. A paintball player with over twenty years of time in the game and industry member with over a decade of design and engineering time under his belt with companies like AGD Europe, National Paintball Supply and KEE Action Sports (Empire, etc), Stevens has either designed or influenced the design of some of paintball’s most impressive products including the AGD XMag, Empire Prophecy Z2 hopper, Empire E-Flex Goggles, Empire Vanquish marker, the new Sniper pump and the hot new Empire Resurrection Autococker. Now, having moved on from KEE/Empire, Stevens has launched his own company, Inception Designs with paintball-specific GoPro mounts and accessories at its core. When asked why a Go Pro mount, his simple answer was “I had to start somewhere.” This isn’t the whole story, however, as Stevens went on to explain that what was out there to mount a GoPro to a paintball marker didn’t work well enough for his liking, so he made something that did. A light, simple, durable ring-type mount for the GoPro Hero line of cameras, the Inception Apache slips over most paintball marker barrels and is lined with silicon rubber to prevent scuffs and scratches to the barrel finish and ensure that the mount and camera remain secure during play. Easily adjusted to the perfect position once the GoPro camera is attached, the Apache mount shouldn’t interfere with sighting and does precisely what it’s intended to do: holds a GoPro camera onto a paintball marker with little fuss and practically no way to fail. Cut from 6061 aluminum and available in black dust or polished anodized finishes, the Apache mount is simple, made in the USA and inexpensive at only forty dollars. For players looking to show the world their slides, dives and eliminations with a GoPro video camera, an Apache mount from Inception Designs is an ideal mounting option. www.InceptionDesigns.com PAINTBALLX3.COM