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VHoldR 1200 Reviews

Great little toy, room to improve still
by Daryl Sid from Sunnyvale, Ca, 2010-02-22

I just came back from my ski trip with this camera and am pretty pleased with the quality of video this little camera produces. Quality is good, although it could be improved if they figure out a way to add image stabilization to it. The nature of a helmet camera would suggest you're going over terrain that requires use of both of your hands - although the picture quality is very acceptable, if you're skiing/biking over bumpy terrain, your picture will be bumpy. But what can you really expect for $250?

I'm a little disappointed with the build quality. The velcro they used for the helmet mount is stronger than the adhesive and plastic that it is attached to. When I attached the velcro to the mount and took it off, the back side of the velcro came of with a couple plastic pieces from the mounting plate. Hence I can't use the velcro mount any more. I'm in the process of epoxying the mount back into place. The goggle strap is sufficient to use for skiing.

The other problem was that as we were turning on and off the camera we kept popping open the back of the camera. it wasn't a huge problem, it was easy enough to pop back into place, but it was a little annoying. It's a design flaw that i'm sure they'll correct.

I still like the camera a lot and can't wait to take it back up to the mountain.

The microphone was sub par. But then again if you're skiing @ 30 miles per hour you are going to make a lot of wind noise. We had to remix the video with background music since the audio on the video was pretty useless.

A note to new users of this camera - when mounting the camera either on the goggle strap or the helmet mount, make sure you angle the camera to film 10-15 degrees above your site line. You don't realize how often you look down as you're skiing until you have a camera. Our fist group of footage was a bunch of snow and the tips of my skiis. Caught so little of the terrain.

Another note to people buying this camera is that the battery life is only 2 hours each and recharges via USB. If you were to record the entire 2 hours on the microSD card you would only use 4GB of memory. If you have two batteries the most you would record is 8GB of video. It's no use getting a 16GB memory card because most likely you'll dl the video when you recharge. Even 4 hours of video is a lot. On a 7 hour day of skiing we recorded 90 minutes of actual skiing. The rest of the time we were riding up lifts, waiting in lift lines, eating lunch, waiting for the slow skiers to catchup.

Great Value
by Michael Reed from Las Vegas, NV, 2010-02-12

The camera is the best I have used so far. The picture quality is awesome! The only things that need some improving are minimal camera mounts and the video editing software is terrible. Luckily there are free editors out there that you can use to download and edit your videos. The battery life is very good...I have not run out as of yet doing full days of skiing and riding my moto. For the money...I don't think there is another product that comes close.

vholdr hd 1080
by John R. Scott , 2010-02-11

I had a problem with the first one, the company was very easy to work with in getting a replacement. The unit works great in good lighting.
I tryed it out at the ski slops. The video is breathing taking.
I don't think there is any product close to this for the money.
Audio is ok but not great a high speeds (but what is )
If you want to get different action angles try using it with a quick-pod

Nice and compact, but possibly fragile.
by S. Jung from Washington, DC USA, 2010-02-08

I got this item as a christmas present for my brother so that he can create video recordings when he goes mountain biking and snowboarding. The camera is small and mounts well to goggles. The picture quality is good considering how small the camcorder is. There is a HD setting, but its just called an HD setting, not truly HD quality (there is a newer model for that). The only problem I had was that the item broke after first use. The power would not turn off and it would not switch to record mode. Amazon promptly sent a replacement and there has been no issues after a month (hopefully issue is not a common problem).

good product
by Vadim Klochko from Los Angeles, CA USA, 2010-02-05

good product .. 1080P has better pic quality .. kinda hard to know if this thing is ON or OFF when you try to turn it ON while it is attached on your helmet ..

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