Vivitar Floating Wrist Strap for UnderWater/WaterProof Cameras, Colors May Vary

I purchased this for use on my Olympus TG-6.Using just the camera, this will float; if you have an add on lens attached (like the FCON-T01 wide angle fish eye) this does not provide sufficient buoyancy to float the camera + lens (but it does slow down the sinking vs not using it).The strap is a little long, but I found that if I wrap it around my wrist twice I can cinch it down tight to my wrist.Overall I’m happy with it, I just wish it was botany enough to float the camera with lens attached.

I read all of the reviews before purchasing and I knew what I was getting into. Most of the negative reviews raise valid points, but let's be realistic. For less than five dollars, with free shipping, what you get is a relatively weak strap that does not adjust down to a human sized wrist and which has a quick release feature. In the situation in which I plan to use this item, snorkeling in water deeper than that for which my waterproof point and shoot camera is rated, I don't want a quick release feature, I want a slow and tedious release feature. I prefer to think of this as a bright yellow camera float that came from the seller with some extra stuff attached. Just loop the original non-floating wrist strap that came with your camera through the black webbing loop visible in the product photo (over there on the right side), cut off the obviously unnecessary parts and Eureka! You have a nice camera float.The Eureka reference above is what makes this review not only informative, but also quite amusing for those who caught the Archimedes reference. One of the negative reviews implied that this strap would need to have a buoyancy greater than the weight of your camera in air in order to be effective. If you are one of the people who has enough free time on your hands to read the comments related to that review, you'll know that this reviewer got his physics lesson and took it like a man. Just know that this strap only needs to have a buoyancy sufficient to counteract the negative buoyancy of your camera, which, if it's a point and shoot, should not be a problem. Verifying that before you snorkel above the Marianas trench would be advisable.

Before I bought one I had read all of the reviews about how this product was too big to ever fit your wrist etc. etc.. I decided that that didn't matter to me because I wanted it more for it's ability to float than its ability to fit my wrist. This is the simple truth - This strap was never intended to be a "wrist strap". Shocking, I know. The title on the physical package that Vivitar puts the strap in, says "Floating Foam Strap", and it is just that; it is a strap, with some foam in it. Vivitar never billed this as a "wrist strap" and the entire issue of this being a crappy wrist strap is actually nothing more than an inaccurate description by the seller.Now to review the actual product; the "Floating Foam Strap". It is unfortunately typical Chinese construction. This thing doesn't exactly scream quality. The stitching is crappy. The 5 little pockets that make up most of the strap and enclose the pieces of foam, are each a slightly different size(2"x2ish"x.5ish") and are each slightly crooked. The 5 pieces of foam that are enclosed in the pockets are undersized(1.5"x.75"x.5"), and move around freely inside of the pockets just screaming out "I'm too small!". Vivitar honestly could have literally doubled the amount of foam that they stuffed in, thereby effectively doubling it's capacity as a "Floating Foam Strap", but they didn't. It's almost as if they were more concerned about keeping their strap afloat than your camera(or camcorder, or binoculars, according to the package(yikes!)).Now if you just have a tiny little point-and-shoot camera like me, this thing will probably get the job done. This "Floating Foam Strap" would probably do just fine in a pool or in a lake, but I would bet things could get a bit dicey in the ocean or in a river(looks like I'll find out later this summer, wish me luck!).

It really floats my new Pentax wg2.....I tried it in the sink though as I did not feel confident. It floats and does so with the strap and rescue loop up and out of the water, nice touch. I have some concern as the materials seem to do the job but feel light weight, it should last for a while with occaisional use but I would not be comfortable with regular use long term. The attaching string seems very light for holding a $300.00 camera. I used the float strap in Alaska while kayaking and glacier tour boats, I did not bother while on the deck of the cruise ship.....they wont come back for the camera unless it is in your mouth.All in all the strap may save the camera at the beach, lake, or kayaking/ boating but it is cumbersome to use.The strap is long so it needs to be twisted to be secure on your wrist and then it is problematic to do anthing but take pictures with the camera at you wrist. I found that I like to use the strap on the camera but not my wrist and put the camera in a belt looped case with strap hanging out so my hands and arms are free. For the price it is a cheap insurance plan.

I bought this for my gopro and a family vacation. We took the camera snorkeling and parasailing and didn't want my go pro on the bottom of the ocean. I didn't like the idea of having to attach the floaty back door on the gopro, so this was a good and cheap alternative that I can use on other waterproof cameras or devices. It does look and feel a little cheaply made, but it is of corse cheap to buy so that is to be expected. It attached to the camera easily and it floated fine. Others that said it wouldn't float may have had larger cameras. They were also testing in fresh water, and salt water is of course more buoyant (if that's where you are using it).The main issue I had was that it will not tighten on your wrist. We were able to put a rubber band on it to make it tight on the wrist and so that worked. But having some type of built in tightening device would have been much better. But overall it worked for us and was inexpensive.