Yeah, the Mechanno-pod is cool
My issue is that I want something small that's going to be way out of the reach of water, to be placed in a spot where there is no spot as such to place a smaller tripod style stand. If it came to taking another tripod then I'd probably stick with my current make do option as I'm not keen to take anything bigger than fist sized.
I think that if the suction one is small enough that it might be up to the job on brick or concrete for the short periods of time I need it for . . though I guess that depends quite largely on the strength of the suction cup. Stoop's camera mount suction cup did ok on a wall the other week, but it is massive and could probably lift my car i attached to a crane . . .
With the hairstyle I'm currently sporting (read, none) it would work very well as an impromptu head torch.