HD onbike cam advice

unKle

unKle

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Hey guys,

Looking to purchase a bike/helmet mounted HD cam, obvious choice being the GoPro Hero 2. Also been looking at the HDMax Extreme by dogcam sports.

Anyone own or used these? Both seem have good/bad points, I like the HDmax as it looks less obtrusive strapped to your lid plus it has external mic socket and LCD display, but the Hero has wider field of vision and going by the vids on YouTube possibly better quality, but that could be down to the compression etc. What to do?!

Any views or help appreciated :)

TIA unKle
 
Personal opinion = GoPro all the way, quality aside the biggest boon is simply how tough they are, you don't want to spend close to £300 on a camera that's going to disintegrate the moment something goes wrong (and lets be honest, it eventually does on a bike). Knowing the thing can take a battering opens up all sorts of mounting options, I'm quite comfortable sticking mine on my fairing lowers and I've even seen someone touching theirs down doing the same on a track day =)

One random bit of footage from mine (Regular HeroHD, not a Hero 2):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktb3yciIVhw&hd=1

Oh and if you have any doubts as to how sturdy these things are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsSavfNfWRg
 
Sebazy said:
Personal opinion = GoPro all the way
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Yeh i'm swaying towards them, I know if I didn't go down the Hero route i'll kick myself. Had a look through your vids, I do like the wider POV of the GoPro. Just they look quite obtrusive when lid mounted, how does it feel when out and about? Prefer mounting it to the bike?

Cheers for replying :)
 
I recorded that megaride clip using the longer suction mount and frankly it wasn't great, especially on the dual carriageway bit, after that I gave in and stuck one of the 3m mounts on which holds the camera right up against the lid, massive improvement in terms of wind drag and quite a lot more peace of mind too as it's just not going to come off unless you bail off the bike first. I had hoped to go mini motoing with it last weekend but things didn't go to plan. But ya for youtube stuff I'll generally stick the camera on the bike, avoids the whole 'ye shall not speed' inquisition nonsense when it can't see the clocks.

And yeah, if you want to use it more for on the road the Vio is king especially if you want to try and get into blogging. I'd be nervous about using one on a track day though as the cables and connectors are rather fragile.
 
I was in Bikers world yesterday picking up some stuff for off road and they had a GoPro display there, looked real good quality video and from what ive seen on ***tube they withstand a hell of a lot!

The guys behind the counter couldn't speak high enough of them and as there's a new model out then the older ones have dropped in price a little.

Its on my shopping list for next year anyway!
 
Got a gopro 960 imported from america for £90 including shipping (excluding import tax at £30)

very good :)
 
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