GoPro or No?

[clublights]

Absolutely. Don't wanna miss any of this!

The idea of riding a motorcycle near any of these people scares the shit out of me .

[Mountain Boy]

I have had an old Hero from when they first came out and now every helmet I have has a mount (ATV, Snowmobile and ski on mine, wife & kiddos) Super easy, reliable and not shakey sketchy vids. We have taken it to the rec center and used it as an underwater cam from the diving board as well. Here is a video that always makes me proud, first day of my boy riding his dirt bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9jQcyca40c There are a ton of mounts and readily available....DO IT!!!

[RCCrawler]

I think somebody has one for sale in the trading post.

Yep, I do, it's an older version, but it'd be great for someone wanting to get their feet wet and mess around with then decide if they wanted to upgrade later.

[ruthabagah]

I can't find my contour. Had a lot of uses for it though. Anyone test a gopro in driving rain?

I'll give you a comparison: 65MPH on a motorcycle, with a helmet mount, of that heavy, sting like a bee rain that we get here in Colorado, for about an hour or so. I got some water inside the plastic fore of the lense of the contour but it didn't seem to effect operation just had to take it apart a bit to clean it out. How does a go-pro hold up to direct, driving-ass rain?

New one: really good. used mine in downpour and under water with no problems.

[buckshotbarlow]

I noticed a lot of those were Russia/E. Europe- shocking that they are such terrible drivers there. You should see China too. YIKES!

I want a GoPro. So I say if you have the money, Kraven, get it!

Ya, a majority of that is across the pond. The russians are always posting their driving skills on liveleak...

[muddywings]

I can't find my contour. Had a lot of uses for it though. Anyone test a gopro in driving rain?

I'll give you a comparison: 65MPH on a motorcycle, with a helmet mount, of that heavy, sting like a bee rain that we get here in Colorado, for about an hour or so. I got some water inside the plastic fore of the lense of the contour but it didn't seem to effect operation just had to take it apart a bit to clean it out. How does a go-pro hold up to direct, driving-ass rain?

The new contourroam solves that for you. More waterproof. If you plan on using a regular contour in wet conditions you'll need the waterproof case.

see ferocious shark attack at 2:18

[rondog]

Absolutely. Don't wanna miss any of this!

Those videos amaze me. Not only the numbers of idiot drivers, but the numbers of people who HAVE dash cameras mounted and running! How many people do you know that have one in their car, turned on at all times? And most of those appeared to be Eastern European.

Another thing, just how the hell does one person collect dozens of crash videos from dozens of other people, possibly from several countries, and compile them together into one video? I wonder that a lot, there's shitloads of compilation videos of all kinds on the net, many are obviously LE or surveillance....HTF do people get ahold of other people's videos, especially LE and surveillance stuff?

Guess I'm just too old to understand this newfangled age. But if I ever get my old Willys Jeep running, I want a GoPro to take on trail rides, for sure!

[Kraven251]

Thanks for all of the feedback, gave me lots to think about.

[hatidua]

My wife insisted we have a video of our wedding and we've not watched it once in the 22 years we've been married. -that's about how often I'd watch GoPro footage.

I enjoy the car crash compilations on YouTube as much as the next person but I work with stills and simply don't think in terms of motion. A great device for some, not so much for others.

[Kraven251]

My main goal for it is to use it as a POV for training or maybe even competition, more to get to watch hand placement etc.