The Gorillapod mobile tripod is made of high quality ABS. Making it a very heavy duty product and giving it an exponentially longer life, as compared to other plastic based camera tripod. Ensuring that even with a very rough usage your mobile phone, camera, phone, DSLR and tripod stand are safe. If Shooting in rough conditions and environments you have a peace of mind that everything will be safe. The clasp is made of a fail proof mechanism which will ensure your phone tripods never looses the angle while shooting a time-lapse type view.