Ever feel a bit left out when gear manufactures fail to provide a tactical-oriented mounting solution for your gadgets? We at Military Times often have to turn to ghetto-jineering to make our gear work when we’re chasing you guys around.

I was looking for a field expedient way to mount our ContourHD POV camera to a Kevlar for an assignment last week. There is an ARC rail friendly helmet mount for the Countour, but most of the services still have rail-less helmets.  I needed a solution that was quick to move between a few guy’s helmets over the course of an event and would be sturdy enough to withstand combative training. After a few false starts, I asked Rob for some help and he dug through the gear locker and came up with a Surefire Helmet Light mounting bracket as a basis for the rig. By cannibalizing the Surefire mount and the parts from the ContourHD adhesive backed mounting system, we found a hybrid solution that got the job done.

Rob shows how make it in the video and there are some still images after the jump…