Comments on: GoPro Helmet Hero Wide Helmet Cam Review

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By: GPC

GPC — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:12:56 +0000

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=2521577633337788352&hl=en&fs=true“

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:38:07 +0000

I’m thinking about buying this camera to use on my ski helmet and my motorbike
handlebars. Any thoughts on the motorbike use? I purchased an ATC5K and I’m
happy with the video quality but the user ability is so poor I’m returning it. The icons
are so tiny on the view screen that you need a magnifying glass to read them, even
with good vision!

By: jomissa

jomissa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:19:16 +0000

So are you saying the batteries need to be charged with the external charger and will NOT cherge when the batteries are plugged into a PC like an ipod?

maybe i bought dead batteries and thats why my camera is not working!

By: Jessie

Jessie — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:36:04 +0000

how does sdhc memory card compare with sd for digital cameras…

Nevertheless there will always be a minority who will not get the point you are trying to make….

By: erik

erik — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:04:58 +0000

If you guys are getting recording times like 15 minutes then there is definitely something wrong with your unit. Give gopro support a call @ (858) 254-9303 and they’ll help you out.

By: garyhgaryh

garyhgaryh — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:15:07 +0000

Note: fix typos..

vman: I am using an excellent battery charger – a la crosse bc-900. I tried the Engergizer 900-1000 mah Nimh batteries and couldn’t even get 5 minutes on it (my charger shows the batteries have a capacity of only 650mah – these battery aren’t too hot, read the reviews on these batteries). The duracell nimh are much better and show between 950-1050 mah and I can get almost 15 mins.

So yeah I’ve gotten 8 mins of videos like you. Try recording for an hour.. even 30 minutes. If you have no issues, then it must be my unit, but others have the same issue. Read the amazon reviews for nonbiased reviews.

It’s a great unit if i could record enough video to fill up the sd card. I’ll be happy with 30-40 minutes… that’s not too much to ask is it?

Gary

By: garyhgaryh

garyhgaryh — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:12:48 +0000

vman: I am using an excellent battery charger – a la crosse bc-900. The I tried the engergizer 900-1000 mah Nimh batteries and couldn’t even get 5 minutes on it (my charger shows the batteries have a capacity of only 650mah). The duracell nimh are much bettery and show between 950-1050 mah and I can get almost 15 mins.

It’s a great unit if i could record enough video to fill up the sd card. I’ll be happy with 30-40 minutes… that’s not too much to ask is it?

Gary

By: adventure

adventure — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:59:44 +0000

I just ordered the GoPro Helmet HERO 3 and I am still waiting for it to arrive. So I will have to test out this battery problem for my self. I have problems with rechargable batteries in other digital cameras before and it is true that the better the rechargable batteries and charger the longer the batteries will last. Two of the reasons why these batteries last longer in all electronic devices not just the GoPro Helmet HERO 3 is because better chargers refresh the batteries before recharging them. This means they remove the what ever is left of the old charge before puting on a new charge. Then better battery chargers meaning not qiuck chargers. You need to use a charger that takes maney hours to charger the batteries. This allows the battery charger to burn the new charger deeper into the battery. Also I have heard but not test out my self that some newer rechargable batteries that say they offer longer life in digital camers acually work better then standered nickel cadmium batteries. I have been currantly using the Oregon Scientific ATC-2K Action Cam and the batteries last most of the time in worm weather for an hour. Even with its thermal sleave the batteries Oregon Scientific ATC-2K Action Cam only last for 30 minutes reliably in the cold winter weather skiing. I think it is going to take a few years before you see wireless helmet cam tecnology catch up with the battery life and reliability of older analog helmet cam systems like my Viosport Adventure Cam 3.