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This happened to me with my iPhone using a QuadLock mount. The camera started just shaking uncontrollably. Luckily I got a new iPhone back from Apple since I told them I had no idea how it happened. Now I'm using a Vibration Dampener https://www.quadlockcase.eu/collections/accessories/products... that seems to work, but I had received no warning from QuadLock that their mount could potentially damage my phone beforehand. Now I see that they have a small warning when purchasing which is a lot better.

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> Now I'm using a Vibration Dampener https://www.quadlockcase.eu/collections/accessories/products... that seems to work

Nothing to say about the product, but man I needed to comment on the video that the product page shows. I think they did a fantastic job with it.

There was something utterly satisfying to me, about the detail of adding a "click" sound every time the image shows someone snapping a phone into its mount. I just assumed it as a natural and expected sound since the second instance when it happens.

I know colloquial usage has changed but I can't get over "vibration dampener" vs "vibration damper".

In olden times, the former would make your phone wet via vibration (how left as an exercise to the reader) while the latter would attenuate or suppress or reduce vibration.

A damper [1] doth damp, dammit.

[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/damper

The stalwarts of linguistic precision weep as the world moves on. I still cringe at "I wish I was there" instead of "I wish I were there" (they're both correct but mean different things!). But then, it's a potentially heated topic and the discourse could prove inflammable.

I eagerly await Steinway's new piano featuring a dampener pedal.

The product video features the WINNINGEST MOTOX RACER OF ALL TIME (at 0:30) which in terms of linguistic precision almost wraps around from awful to awesome.

That mistake makes a lot of sci-fi unintentionally funny. Especially if you interpret "energy dampener" to be some guy that runs around shooting any electronics with a water gun.

How else do you keep the electronics cool?

https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampen#etymonline_v_29154

> dampen (v.) 1630s, "to dull or deaden, make weak" (force, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.), from damp (adj.). Meaning "to moisten, make humid" is recorded from 1827.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/dampener#etymonline_v_36691

> dampener (n.) > "one who or that which dampens,"

It's an older phrasing, but it checks out.

A "damper" and a "dampener" are actually technical terms that can be used to distinguish two different types of devices. Here, "dampener" is actually correct. [0]

[0] https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/dampener-vs-damper

Ha-ha, that website can't even figure it out:

> How To Use Damper In A Sentence

The rain put a damper on our plans for a picnic in the park.

...

Examples Of Using Dampener In A Sentence

The rainy weather put a dampener on our outdoor plans.

I think that would be an example of overlap in meaning, not sure how that shows "the website can't figure it out" since such overlaps are explicitly mentioned.

Total aside, I and others have had bad experiences with QuadLock. Ended up moving to the Peak Design mobile case and moto or universal mount and it’s been shockingly amazing.

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