Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Still, quite a bummer. It's amazing that it's so hard to buy a camera with a 6 hour battery life. I really don't consider having to run cables to the camera to be a viable option. Just one big thing to break, a huge point of vulnerability in what should be a robust system.
Agree!
Almost all of these cameras have some type of constraint. Most of the smaller ones are battery life. The ones with decent battery life have other constraints.
The Fly 6 gets good battery life, has loop recording and a removable SD card but it's only 720p @ 30fps and the mount is terrible! Also only intended for rear use.
The Session is small and light and has a removable SD card but it does not have loop recording and the battery life is terrible.
The RidEye is pure garbage and should be avoided at all cost! I see they have them on sale now for $99 but it's not even worth half that. Water ingress issues, camera issues, GoPro mount adapter breaks, no lanyard ect. JUNK!
The Virb 30 is okay but very expensive. Battery life is also pretty bad.
If they make a new version of the Yuntab Warrior, I'd love to see integrated GoPro mount and a removable SD card. If they did those two, it would be a winner!
The perfect camera for cycling would be something like this
1. 6+ hour battery life
2. Loop recording
3. 1080p minimum
4. GoPro mount (it's the standard and gives tons of options)
5. Date and time stamp
6. Removable SD card
Oddly enough not a single camera out there has this covered. The Fly 12 does but it's also expensive, heavy and only intended for use on the front.