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have a small gorillapod,only directions were on the cardboard box,no mention of aligning the hard to see arrow with the unlock to remove the clip,and the clip did NOT release when I finally found on your website how to do the alignment with a pliers.
Now the "rubber ring" has come off the Gorillapod and I had to pull the clip out with a pliers too--this is NOT a quick release item and now it is damaged since I cannot get the rubber ring to stay on.
You need to be more careful with your directions,make the arrow obvious and please tell me how to repair this damaged GorillaPod.
thank you
Caroline Deegan