Like going pantless on a first date, there are few things worse than arriving at a stellar photo shoot without your tripod – not to mention they both make you look kooky.

But if you have pockets, you can carry The Pocket Pod. It’s a tripod without legs that uses tension to stabilize your shot. Great for long exposures on the fly -- replacing your bulky, graceless tripod.

Just screw The Pocket Pod into your camera’s tripod mount, pull the cord down (it retracts like a tape measurer), secure the foot pad, then pull the camera up. There's a lock lever so you can adjust the Pocket Pod to any height.

In less time than it takes to put on pants (ahem), you'll defeat jittery exposures and the awkwardness of a three-pronged appendage.

At a mere tenth the size and weight of an average tripod, it goes literally anywhere: nature shoots deep in the woods, concerts with zero elbow room, and no tripod fly zones.

You could even take it on that first date! Nothing screams “marriage material” like utterly impressive shots of your city’s nighttime skyline. How romantical.