Cheap bike/car cameras

capt_slog

Has anyone had any success or otherwise with the cheap rip-off versions of the Go-pro and similar?

I've tried one like this....


....only to be unlucky that I got what I paid for . It worked ok for a week and then the next time I wanted to use it much later, it was completely unresponsive.

But there are others around the £50 mark and I wondered if anyone else had tried them, generally they look like this..


Cheers

freestyle_gus

Techmoan has done some great reviews on this type of thing:

http://www.techmoan.com

Thinking of getting and SJ4000 (the one in your send pic) myself.

6wheels

I tried those small cams but the recording time was very short. So, bought one of these...

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/chilli-techno ... 3-hd-a15lf

I paid £55 for it over a year ago, the recording time is less than stated, about 2 hours, but I've had no problems with it. I use it every time I go out (feel strange without ), and have the video looping so only look at if there is a problem.

the_cyclist_of_catan

So far they all fall short in some way. Very few cameras have a helmet-friendly "bullet" shape; I can't bring myself to wear something boxy like a GoPro on my once. All the affordable cameras suffer from pretty bad "shutter roll" (AKA "the jello effect"), which is more pronounced when mounted on a bike than in a car. And there aren't many with an acceptable battery life; 2 hours is the upper limit (and most of my rides are 3-4 hours long).