Best GoPro Action Cameras

I will never buy a go pro product ever again! Unfortunately I had an 11 that kept overheating. Sent it back for a replacement and while a little bit… Read more

better still overheats within 5 mins of recording.

It shows that GoPro will put out faulty products without caring about their customers. There are plenty of other action cams out there, I would strongly suggest not going with a GoPro.

DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT-Avoid GoPro all together – I bought 2 HERO10's just over 12 months ago. Haven't been happy from the start with their battery quality and overheating issues. They have only had… Read more

minimal use and not subjected to harsh conditions. One of the cameras has completely stopped working out of the blue. GoPro will not replace as it's 'out of the warranty period', instead trying to push me into their scammy subscription service (which I've had past issues with i.e., was a hidden subscription when I purchased) whereby I can then get a replacement for $150. I've seen hundreds of posts online of people complaining about multiple GoPro products having issues and support not doing replacements etc. - just do yourself a favour and completely avoid this company. Trash. Perhaps going to look into DJI.

Decent quality video camera at a low price, but with some caveats – Decent quality video camera at a low price, but with some caveats. Pro - Relatively cheap for a brand name camera - In good lighting, you can get… Read more

nice quality results - small and light (and rugged/waterproof)

Con - Slow transfer speeds between camera and app on phone - Not so great in low light conditions - Bit of a learning curve attached - Don't bother with battery saving mode as the video quality is unusable

I have been using mine for about a month now. If the lighting is good then you get some good quality shots in hi res. After transferring them to the app, you can stabilize the videos and even "punch in" to a linear lens (to lose the fish eye look) with decent quality (or even punch in to a portrait aspect ratio).

My main issue is that it is slow to actually hook it up to the app and the transfer speeds are very slow. A 1 minute video takes about 5 to 7 minutes to transfer to your phone.

Also, I ended up paying extra for a basic subscription to the Quik app so that I could save and export my edits (about $15 per annum). It was worth it to me to avoid having to export all the files to hi res video on my phone and then edit them manually. The auto editing functionality is decent and probably about 80% as good as I could do manually anyways (and without the hassle).

Bottom line, this is not a tool for professionals, but also probably not for beginners either (as there is a learning curve attached to using the app). I just wish I could transfer video faster as well. You cannot transfer them via the cable for this model (only wireless).

Also, to change the resolution from 4k to 1080 you need to turn on battery saving mode. This does lead to smaller file sizes, but when you punch in from this format, the quality suffers greatly. I started out using battery saving mode, but eventually stopped because of video quality issues.

I purchased a Go Pro to walk the Camino Trail, when I read that instead of using mini cards to store the clips, Go Pro said when you charge up… Read more

batteries every night, if you pay for a subscription, we will automatically upload your photos into GOPRO cloud storage, that worked well, if I lost the GoPro all of my data would be safely in the cloud, no more changing cards that are full each day. Now that sounded good, until. Yep until I got back, and tried to download all or some of my footage to use in my Video Editor (Go Pro have recently stopped the Quik application for Apple. I am not going to edit after a trip on a small IPhone. I have wasted literary weeks trying to satisfactorily download those clips/footage so that I can edit my my Video Editor, looking for answers, this problem has been going on for years and years with GOPRO and they still have not fixed the problem of DOWNLOADING, not UPLOADING but DOWNLOADING that footage. Look at the net and see all of the comments about the same problem, people are irritated and angry that Go Pro don’t appear to be fixing the problem. Very simple problem from your end: Clear and concise instruction on how to download footage stored in Go Pro to either and external HDD or to a computer, and for those external tech people and well versed from outside GoPro who must have some solution, are still complaining that there is a 25 clip restriction put on downloads at one time. Date: Tuesday 4th March, 2025

Go Pro unreliable – I have owned 4 GoPro action cameras. Hero 3, 360 action camera Hero and the Hero 6. ALL have had software buggy issues. I still have the 360 and the… Read more

hero 6. The 360 camera often wont power up and U need to remove batter then place on charger and remove SD card to get it to start. Can't do that when out on my bike.. The hero 6 has soud dropping out all the time and randomly changes resolution. I got so annoyed that I purchased a DJI Action 4. Yay it simply works every time. I think the GoPro is a great camera, and produces hight resolution than DJI. They just need to make them work properly. I wouldn't get into a hot looking plane if they kept crashing.. Whats the point of having an action camera if you keep missing the action. So if you want to go pro. Choose something other than a GoPro. I not here to promote another camera, but I am very happy with my cange to DJI Action 4 at this stage.