GoPro Volta - Official GoPro Accessory

If you have a go pro you should have one of these. It eliminates the need to carry a tripod and extra batteries. This is very convenient. So you don’t have to worry about your GoPro dying unexpectedly and having to change batteries. Worth the cost. Great quality. Fits the GoPro well. Perfect for when you have your GoPro seated in a case and don’t want to detach your peripherals such as your mic or flash. Having the buttons functions on the tripod is genius. Makes use so much more functional. Great product.

This is the best accessory you can get for your GoPro. I love the fact that I can attach this to my GoPro and not have to worry about battery life while on vacation. The controls built into the handle are in the perfect spot.. making in comfortable to use. Thank handle also has built in legs, giving you the functionality of tripod. That stability makes for the pefect setup to capture those nice moments. This thing just works.. so sit back and enjoy your vacation.

It took a little while to get started but it’s because I didn’t read the instructions lol. Once I did, it worked exactly how it was supposed to. I love how it’s a charger too, I rarely have to swap batteries now. The wireless features don’t seem to work as reliably as the wired, but that’s pretty standard. Good buy overall

After its first charge, I thought it defective as nothing would work; wouldn’t turn on, none of the buttons did anything. Decided to try it once more the next morning before calling GoPro support and everything worked fine. Next charge, had same issue. Let it sit for a couple of hours and it worked just fine. Seems like it has a thermal limit switch that prevents it from turning on until batteries cool after charging. Have used it several times since and it works very well. Tripod legs are very handy and the stop/start on/ off mode buttons are well positioned and easy to use. Only issue has been with charging as outlined above.

High quality, extends battery life significantly, comfortable to use, and has a built-in tripod to boot. Exactly what I was looking for.

GoPro Volta: Whenever I tried to record while holding my chest-mounted GoPro Hero 12 at a slightly different angle for a few seconds, I'd invariably ruin the shot with fingers appearing in the side edge(s). It was all-around easier just to buy a second GoPro and attach it to the Volta. Of course, any stick/handle will work great with the camera's auto-stabilization for smooth footage. But I opted for the Volta due to its battery. Multiplying the operating time means fewer disrupting battery swap-outs. And as an official GoPro product I don't have to worry about potentially substandard performance of knockoffs. The Volta's fit, finish & feel is excellent. My only wish list item is for the tripod to be extendable in height, even a little bit.

Feels nice in the hand. I used it for a time-lapse night video and it worked nicely. It also gives the GoPro like an extra few hours of constant use. It is a bit heavier than I initially expected.

So I love the Volta itself. It's sized perfectly, and provides great battery life extending ability to your GoPro (which anyone who has used one knows how badly is needed). It has a standard 1/4-20 tripod mount on the bottom, so it can be used to mount the whole GoPro+Volta assembly onto something else. The built-in tripod legs are great for time lapse, or anything else you'd want the camera stationary for. Once you mount the GoPro on the head (standard GoPro mount with thumb screw), you can rotate it in 90 degree increments in any direction. The opposite side of the cord/charging port has an additional pop-up GoPro mount. You can use this for additional external accessories like an external battery pack or to mount the who GoPro+Volta assembly to something else that has a GoPro mount, like a shoulder/chest mount. This is super convenient and gives you the ability to use the Volta with other accessories for additional battery life and shooting time. That's where the good stuff ends, and the challenges begins. I know this mount is new, but at least as of the time of this review (late June 2022/Hero 10 Black firmware 1.42), the control/connectivity issues make we want to huck the Volta in a lake (don't do this by the way, it is water resistant - not waterproof). 1.42 for the Hero 10 says it fixes multiple Volta issues, but there remain multiple usability issues. If you don't plug the Volta in to your camera, the Bluetooth controls seem to work fairly well (connections - pair Volta). It has to be unplugged to pair. Once you plug it in, the shutter/mode control buttons on Volta stop working. I've reset the Volta and connections on my GoPro so many times it's maddening. Once it randomly does decide to work while plugged in, it will most of the time decide to stop working once the camera powers off and back on, whether this is manual or through the power off timer settings. I ended up turning the screens off after 1 min in display settings, even though I find this annoying to have to touch the screen to wake it while recording to see what's in frame if you record over 1 min. I did this because I complete disabled the auto power-down so once I got the Volta working, I didn't have to worry about the camera powering down and not being ready to record when I needed to. I'm hoping future firmware fixes this, but wired control should just work between two GoPro devices and no one should have to deal with the way the Volta works right now - in a word, it's just "unreliable". It has a mind of its own, won't stay paired, won't control you camera when you need it to, and you'll be cursing what could be an amazing device as your constantly resetting connections and repairing it when you expect it to "just work" and it doesn't. I will update this review if/when an update makes the Volta reliable.