Got it at Target as they had sold out of Go Pro, so had Walmart.Came with both head/helmet mount and bike mount. With go pro you have to buy accessories separate.
I watched a couple of videos on You Tube, looks fine for my purposes!!
Post from previous giving 1 star, note: this person does not own the camera.
It seems to cut the video you take into 5 minute segments. Annoying. Battery life seems to be an issue, i charged out to full and it lasted half an hour. Might have to use a usb car charger to use it for extended periods.
It's cheap AND inexpensive. If you wasn't a pro grade get a go pro. If you're a cheapskate like me get this cheap camera and quit complaining.Received it as a gift. It works ok, but my big gripe is the helmet mount is too wobbly to be any use. The "handlebar" mount is too small to mount on the handlebar of any bike I know of, even a kids bike. I finally got the damn thing mounted by strapping the helmet mount to the handlebar stem.If you are interested in a low-cost, versatile sports camera to record video, look elsewhere.
As an avid cyclist, I thought it would be great to film some of my bike rides. However, I had no plan of spending big bucks on a GoPro or something similar.
At a first glance, the specs on this Vivitar camera seemed more than adequate. Not the greatest resolution and/or frame rate, but I'm not looking to make professional quality recordings. It comes with a waterproof case and versatile mounting hardware. It will take up to a 32GB SD card, which can hold a considerable amount of video footage. But it's what they don't tell you in the specs or manual that make this camera a big disappointment.
When you record video with the camera, it creates a new file every 5 minutes (?!?) rather than creating one continuous file for all your footage. The quality of the video footage meets my expectations, although it does not work well in low light. It'd definitely a 'daylight only' camera. Yet, the most disappointing thing about capturing video on this camera is the battery life. While recording video, the LCD display remains on the entire time. It never turns off or enters any kind of 'sleep' mode to save battery power. Bottom line.....you get a whopping 30 minutes of footage before the camera shuts down (Mfr. specs say nothing about expected battery life when recording video). It's hardly worth putting a 32GB SD card in a camera like this when the battery will be long dead before you even populate a few Gigs.
So once again, don't buy this camera as a low-cost alternative to any of the name brand sports cameras. Read the specs carefully on any similarly priced product, and if anything is too vague or conveniently missing, try contacting the manufacturer or just skip that produce altogether.I bought this camera to use on a small sailboat as a cheap coaching camera while racing. The camera works reliably, and it stands up to the abuse fairly well. The picture quality is ok, but nothing to write home about. I'd give it more stars, but the battery life STINKS. I've had other action cams that easily give me 2 hours of video. This one barely gives me 20 minutes before it's tapped out. That fact alone makes it impossible for me to recommend this camera. If you're looking for an action cam that stands up to abuse and gives good battery life for only about $30 more, get the Kodak PlaysportKodak PlaySport (Zx5) HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera Red (2nd Generation).
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