Angel View selfie stick holder for Backpacks

This is a system to hold a Selfie Stick / Telescope Monopod with a 1/4inch screw mount on a backpack.

It is designed to stick transversal outwards of the backpack to achieve the “Angel View” on 360° cameras.

You can see an example here how this looks like:

Things you need beneath the printed parts:

1x ~15mm ¼ inch rod to glue in the holder

1x M3x16mm screw

2x M3x12mm screw

3x M3 flat (square) nut

1x 15cm elastic band (sewing store), ~20mm wide.

It consists of three parts: The screw mount on the bottom that is attached to the backpack straps. The base of the monopod goes there.

The holder for the upper part, which is just plugged in on some strap on the upper part of the backpack. The parts with “Backpack” in the filename. See photos on a Deuter backpack. These parts, especially the caps ("Backpack mount cap x2") should be printed in PETG, as we need excellent layer adhesion there.

The upper part monopod holder. It is screwed to the holder and holds the upper part of the monopod in place. There is an adapter to adapt on different diameters of the monopod. It should be printed in TPU for better friction, but this is no need. The elasic band is attached with a hole and screwed onto the side of the monopod holder. The loop is in the clamp, which goes to the other side of the monopod holder. The monopod can then be easily attached and detached from the backpack.

Assembly instructions:

Take the ¼ inch rod and saw approx 15mm off:

Glue the part into the printed part that it looks like this:

Epoxy does it best, other glues might also work.

Put the first square nut in the opposite part:

Take a big needle and prie a hole into the strap at the base of the backpack. Be sure to not brake any thread to not weaken your backpack:

Put the 16mm Screw in the holder with the ¼ inch rod piece and gently let it go through the hole. Then screw the opposite part on the other side and tighten:

Try to screw your monopod in as in the above picture. the base is ready!

Parts for the upper mount:

To assemble the upper mount, start with inserting the 2 square nuts into the upper mount body:

Take the elastic strip, cut to 14-15cm. Put it through the hook, put the ends together and prie another hole with the needle through the both ends in the middle of the strip. Take a 12mm screw and attach it to the upper mount elastic holder, then put it through the hole of the elastic strip. Screw it to the side of the body:

Install the adapter and try to close the whole thing:

Take the last 12mm screw, attach it to the backpack mount screw part, screw it in the upper mount body part.

Take the backpack mount inner part, glide it in a strap on the upper part of your backpack. Put the assembly of the upper mount and the backpack mount screw part on the other side. The caps can then be slid over both ends of the assembly. In dry, the parts go like this:

If the caps don't slip over the two parts, you may need to grind them a bit. It is a tight fit and depending on your printer, it may be too tight. The layers ensure the caps dont slip out again.

If you succeeded, it should look like this:

Screw your monopod in the base, 

then attach it to the upper mount:

Ready to rumble!