Sound Around Gear Pro HD 1080P Action Camera Hi-Res Digital Camera/Camcorder with Full HD Video, 12.0 Mega Pixel Camera & 2.4'' Touch Screen (Silver)

After playing with it for about a week I am convinced this is an overpriced toy for children. If you are 12 years old or older I am convinced this toy will not suit you. It’s perfect for little kids who want to try their hand at taking videos while playing. The camera is very lightweight and perfect for little bikes, skateboards, etc. The plastic accessories seem very cheap and I do not believe they will last very long. Only 2 of the 4 camera mount seem useful. In video mode it will not make just one single video file if the file is more than 3 minutes or so. I attached it to me bike and rode for 15 minutes and when I plugged it in to view instead of one file I had about 6 files. When I set the camera to its highest resolution the setting does not save so the next time I use it I have to reset the resolution. This is a problem because each time I use it I must take it out of the very plastic waterproof case, set it then put it back in the case and remount the camera. I find the remote control useless. 1) it will not power the camera on 2) the user must be no more than 6 feet away from the camera 3) the user must be almost directly in front of the camera. My last issue is this particular camera appears to have been previously purchased by another unsuspecting consumer. I believe this item should cost a third of what its retail price is currently. On Amazon it’s $79.99 USD. I'll gift it to a child relative.

I recommend this over go pro's any day! The remote made switching back and forth from pic to vids easy and it came with all these harnesses and connectors for anything you could think of to put it on. The housing worked awesome. We bought 2 go pros and returned them for 2 of these. Go pros are not work the money, this is much more inexpensive and you get everything! 7 day kayak trip a success! Came with- waterproof case, remote, harness and attachment for paddles, suction attachment, permanent 3m attachments, helmet attachment and MORE!

So, I foolishly took a chance on this camera, ignoring the negative reviews and focusing on the positive ones. In my defense, I did not plan on using it for rugged sports like mountain biking or snowboard but simply for recording heavy bag sessions, kata, and other exercises to check my form for martial arts. Nothing for which I would need a GoPro or similar high-end camera (or so I thought). Basically, I intended to set it on a shelf and hit record. Well, apparently even that level of wear and tear was too much. Out of the box it feels incredibly cheap and fragile, which should have been a warning, but I did record a few practice videos successfully so figured it would serve my purpose. Then, when I went to record an intense workout session just a few day after receiving it it completely seized up--with the screen reading "Data error"--for no apparent reason. It was completely frozen: I couldn't power it off, couldn't eject the memory card, couldn't do anything--and I'm fairly tech savvy. Do yourself a favor and buy something better--even a point and click digital camera with a video option. That's what I did and am much happier.

I really-REALLY wanted to like this camera (and in some ways I do) but...... Out of the box, the camera battery was fully charged and I was abel to start tinkering with it within minutes of unpacking it. I pulled the remote control out of a clear bag, removed a slit of paper so the battery would make contact and "walla" the remote was turning on and off the camera. The camera told me to install a memory card and I did, and as sat in my kitchen playing with everything, all was fine and dandy and the remote made the camera record video as I tinkered with it prior to placing the camera inside the clear plastic housing. Here is what I like... **** My San Disk Ultra mini-card is easy to insert and easy to eject in the GearPro unlike some other small cameras I have. One thing though, there seems to be excessive slop when the card is being inserted (unlike my other stuff that uses mini card) and I suspect the tolerances of the GearPro are not anywhere as close as my my other cameras that use with mini SD cards... Some of my other stuff is difficult to eject the mini-card, but the GearPro is easy. **** I actually like the clear plastic housing on my GearPro better than my GoPro Hero2. The latching mechanism is easier to lock and close than the GoPro. **** No real "learning curve" on the GearPro like the GoPro.The GearPro is pretty much a no-brainer and I didn't even look at the manual to start making recordings. **** The remote that came with the GearPro worked well for me when the camera is not in the clear plastic housing. Once I placed it inside the clear housing the day following me experimentations in my kitchen, the remote was not able to make the camera do anything, even when placed inches away from the camera. I'm not certain if the battery in the remote died or if the remote died, but as I read other reviews here on Amazon, it seems to suggest the remote isn't very reliable and probably just cratered on me. **** I really like the LCD screen on the back that shows what your framing and composition look like as what the lens is seeing. A screen on a GoPro is an optional purchase. What I don't like **** The San DIsk seems to freeze footage and locks momentarily when video is played back. The card I installed is supposed to be fully compatible with the camera, but with this flaw of having unwanted "freeze frames" I'll not be using this camera for anything more than a dash cam. It is worthless for me if I want to make a video that doesn't lock up every 5 or six seconds. **** The camera is a shiny black material and the gloss surfaces reveals inconsistencies in the plastic housing. This leads me to believe the build-quality is no where even close to my GoPro Hero 2 camera. **** The GearPro camera is a tad larger than my GoPro and I much better like the smaller size of the GoPro. I believe the GoPro is a more durable camera and makes me think the GearPro is nearly disposable and isn't going to last very long, and in fact, the flap that covers the SD slot pops open and will not stay shut. **** The rubber flaps that cover the the slot where the mini-card is inserted and on the other side where the USB cord is plugged in, look like they might not stand up more than a month or so. Plan on these covers being torn, damaged or simply falling off much sooner than you might think and you'll probably be forced to put Scotch tape on the slots when the rubber flaps break. Bottom line, the video quality isn't bad and if it were not for the fact that the video shows freezing about every 6 seconds (sometimes every two second) this could be a good camera for shooting in high-risk situations where you might not like to place your more expensive camera.