Bikers What Cam Do You Use?

Tefal · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:46

benji182 said:
Well I bought my GoPro for snowboarding and the cold saps the battery life

keep big battery pack inside an inside jacket pocket nice and warm run cable up out of scarf to camera?

Tefal · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:47

Stovepipes said:
Not sure what I can do about that. I never want to be in a situation again without accident footage caught on cam so I'll be riding with 2 cams one on the helmet and one on the bike. I should wire one up and have it looping but I've recently come to the realisation that anytime I try DIY I mess things up.

ive seen some bullet style cams mounted discretely inside ram air ducts.

wazza300 · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:50

be good if they could sell some mirror mounted camera's,built into the mirrors and hard wired into the bike loom

Kreeeee · 31 Aug 2015 at 20:53

Tefal said:
keep big battery pack inside an inside jacket pocket nice and warm run cable up out of scarf to camera?

Exactly.

Tefal · 31 Aug 2015 at 21:03

these guys got some good systems/mounts but they are pricey

http://www.4kam.com/motorcycle_camera_bike_cam_setup.htm

Sin_Chase · 31 Aug 2015 at 22:16

4kam stuff is overpriced and does not even represent anything for the money IMO. The quality is poor compared to current HD offerings.

It's just not worth it over well established mass produced solutions from the big names.

ConTRo13R · 1 Sep 2015 at 09:01

Im going to purchase the Innovv C3 in both 120 and 90 degree so i can mount them front and rear off my bike.

Which is best at the front? 120 or 90? I ride with a contour 2 helmet cam but sometimes forget to charge the battery

Kreeeee · 1 Sep 2015 at 09:14

You want the wider angle for all your cameras on a bike.

Tefal · 1 Sep 2015 at 11:13

Sin_Chase said:
4kam stuff is overpriced and does not even represent anything for the money IMO. The quality is poor compared to current HD offerings.

It's just not worth it over well established mass produced solutions from the big names.

ah fair enough.

who are the big names?

ConTRo13R · 1 Sep 2015 at 11:56

ConTRo13R said:
Im going to purchase the Innovv C3 in both 120 and 90 degree so i can mount them front and rear off my bike.

Which is best at the front? 120 or 90? I ride with a contour 2 helmet cam but sometimes forget to charge the battery

It comes as a set, its a oner for both cameras and the control box. I cant afford to buy two seperate 120 lenses

Sin_Chase · 1 Sep 2015 at 21:38

Tefal said:
ah fair enough.

who are the big names?

Contour
Drift
GoPro

and some of the new emerging products from Kodak, Sony, chinese markets etc

Stovepipes · 1 Sep 2015 at 22:44

ConTRo13R said:
I ride with a contour 2 helmet cam but sometimes forget to charge the battery

That's what caught me out on my recent accident and I often forget to clear the memory card which annoyingly I have to do on a PC.

wazza300 · 5 Sep 2015 at 20:50

do any of these camera's have the feature to take a video snap/pic every 30 or 60 seconds? like a time lapse

so you can string a long trip in a few minutes

TallPaul_S · 5 Sep 2015 at 20:55

Yeah most of them do tbh. They also have a photo mode, which time lapse is part of. You do have to manually make the time lapse though as you basically end up with hundreds of still photos.

Sandycheeks · 15 Sep 2015 at 08:14

There is a deal on Amazon for a SooCoo action cam on todays deals.
Don't know what they're like though - just thought I'd post a deal.

tom_e · 15 Sep 2015 at 08:39

Stovepipes said:
That's what caught me out on my recent accident and I often forget to clear the memory card which annoyingly I have to do on a PC.

There's a format button on the back of the cam.

Stovepipes · 15 Sep 2015 at 13:23

tom_e said:
There's a format button on the back of the cam.

Not on my Ion Air Pro there isn't.

tom_e · 15 Sep 2015 at 13:28

Stovepipes said:
Not on my Ion Air Pro there isn't.

Ah I thought you were on about the Contour, my apologies!

Captain · 16 Sep 2015 at 20:03

Who uses a Contour Roam2? I have one but i don't have a bike mount, i'm definitely not sticking it to the side of my Shoei as i don't want glue etc left behind when i take the pad off.

Anyone recommend one? They are £25 on Amazon or a cheap Chinese one for £5 delivered but i'm not risking the cheap knock off one.

Craig321 · 16 Sep 2015 at 20:10

Clov!s said:
Who uses a Contour Roam2? I have one but i don't have a bike mount, i'm definitely not sticking it to the side of my Shoei as i don't want glue etc left behind when i take the pad off.

Anyone recommend one? They are £25 on Amazon or a cheap Chinese one for £5 delivered but i'm not risking the cheap knock off one.

If the Roam2s are £25, I'll be buying up all their stock!

They're awesome, especially for daily commute recording as it has a nice big switch on the top to start/stop recording, so easy to use with gloves.

The Drift Ghost / GoPro have slightly better video quality and better at night, but you can't beat the Contour's nice round form & ease of use.

As far as sticking it on your helmet, don't worry about it leaving stuff behind, why would you take it off? Anyway, I have taken them off before and managed to get all the sticky off with a hair drier.