FREEFLY Pop-N-Lock Refresh Kit
Key Features
- Restores and upgrades functionality of existing Freefly Pop-N-Lock systems.
- Includes updated receiving plate to securely handle heavier accessories and monitors.
- Ensures universal compatibility with all existing Freefly Pop-N-Lock sizes and mounts.
- Provides essential replacement components for revitalizing worn quick-release mechanisms.
- Features versatile mounting holes for diverse accessory attachment, including ¼-20 and ⅜-16.
- Manufactured from lightweight machined aluminum, ensuring minimal added rig weight.
Description
FREEFLY Pop-N-Lock Refresh Kit
The Freefly Systems Pop-N-Lock Refresh Kit is a comprehensive maintenance and upgrade kit designed to restore, enhance, or expand the functionality of your existing Freefly Pop-N-Lock quick-release mounting system. This kit provides essential replacement components and often includes an updated receiving plate, ensuring optimal performance and compatibility, especially for earlier generations of Pop-N-Lock systems.
The Freefly Pop-N-Lock system is a popular quick-release solution used across various Freefly products, including MōVI gimbals and other rigging setups. It allows users to quickly attach and detach accessories like monitors, wireless receivers, and other lightweight components to different tube sizes (e.g., 15mm, 25mm, 30mm, 50mm) or screw-mount points. Over time, or with heavy use, components can wear or get lost. The “Refresh Kit” provides the necessary parts to service your Pop-N-Lock, ensuring secure, reliable, and smooth operation. It specifically addresses the need to “beef up” early generation receiving plates to better handle heavier accessories.
Key Components Typically Included:
The kit generally contains a mix of mounting plates, dovetails, and fasteners:
- Machined Aluminum Mounting Plate: A new or upgraded base plate with various mounting holes.
- Updated Dovetail Plate: A key component for secure and quick attachment, often an upgraded version for improved strength.
- Quick Release Dovetails (Qty 2 or more): Additional dovetail plates that attach to your accessories, allowing them to rapidly click into the Pop-N-Lock receiver.
- Various Fasteners (M2, M3 screws, ¼-20 screws): A selection of screws necessary for assembling and mounting the components.
Key Features:
- Restores/Upgrades Pop-N-Lock Functionality: Provides replacement parts to revitalize a worn or damaged Pop-N-Lock system, ensuring a secure and reliable quick-release mechanism.
- Enhances Payload Capacity: Often includes a beefed-up receiving plate, allowing earlier generation Pop-N-Locks to securely handle heavier accessories and monitors.
- Universal Compatibility: Designed to be compatible with all existing Freefly Pop-N-Lock sizes (e.g., 15mm, 19mm, 25mm, 30mm, 50mm, and screw mount versions).
- Includes Essential Mounting Points: Features standard mounting holes like ¼-20 (countersunk and threaded) and ⅜-16 threaded holes, along with 3mm mounting holes and slots for Velcro straps, providing versatile attachment options.
- Lightweight Design: Components are typically crafted from lightweight machined aluminum to ensure minimal added weight to your camera rig.
- Genuine Freefly Parts: Ensures direct compatibility and adherence to Freefly’s high manufacturing standards for optimal performance and durability.
- Cost-Effective Maintenance: Offers a convenient and economical way to maintain or improve your Pop-N-Lock system without needing to purchase an entirely new unit.
The Freefly Systems Pop-N-Lock Refresh Kit is an invaluable MōVI accessory or general camera rigging component for cinematographers and operators who rely on the Freefly Pop-N-Lock system for quick, secure, and versatile accessory mounting. It’s a proactive maintenance solution that extends the life and improves the performance of your quick-release ecosystem.