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fishalive · 01/12/2015 16:34

Are these any good for normal day to day use, ie other than for cycling/skiing/diving? We would possibly use it for these things but at the moment, with two small DC, it's more likely to be used to film them than anything too exciting.

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Youareyou · 01/12/2015 21:45

Use for riding on a bike. Or rides such as at Alton towers?

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LittleMissGreen · 01/12/2015 22:15

They don't have a view finder (or ours doesn't, maybe new ones do) so you can't see what you are filming. Fine mounted on a bike. Not great for grabbing footage of kids.

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FadedRed · 01/12/2015 22:18

Aldi. Thirty quid. Brilliant.

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Bombaybunty · 01/12/2015 22:18

My DS (13) has one. He's taken it on a school ski trip, he takes it cycling skate boarding etc.
He loves it. It's fixed onto his cycle helmet and he also has a strap to wear it over a coat.

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fishalive · 01/12/2015 22:23

Ahh didn't realise that re the viewfinder!!!

In my head I love the idea of one and that we are wonderfully active go-getting cool people who need such a thing.

In reality it was 5 years since our last dive, even longer than that for skiing and I haven't owned a bike for about the same amount of time...... All of which I would love to change in the coming 5 years but I guess time will tell.

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OSETmum · 01/12/2015 22:27

Dh and DS use theirs on their bikes and for skiing and dh has a quadcopter to take aerial footage but they don't use them for general use. Dh's is a 4 and has a screen at the back so you can see what you're filming but ds's is a 3 (it's an older model as it used to be dh's) and doesn't. I guess you could use it for everyday filming but there's better suited cameras out there...