You wouldn’t think that tripods would ever be what you’d call cheap.  But here’s a happy piece of news for anyone who’s watching their pennies and yet needs a place to rest their camera that isn’t on their forearm.

Over at DealCatcher, you can get your hands on a five and a quarter inch mini camera tripod for just four bucks, and they’ll even ship it out to you for free.  It’s a pretty simple piece, made of aluminum with non-slip rubber feet, so it’s not like you’ll win any awards for this one.  But if you need a tripod, fast, easy and cheap, then Dealcatcher’s got exactly what you were looking for.

Sure, it looks simple and cheap–and the thing’s only about half a foot high–but if you were ever needing a highly portable and highly mobile tripod, the kind of thing you could easily set up on a car roof or car hood, then this should do nicely.