Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...

Your frivolous purchases, stuff you don't need...

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ManFromDelmonte

2,742 posts

180 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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Urban Sports said:
I just got a gopro, I have no real reason to own it yet I found myself needing one, no idea why and I've had it since Friday and I've not used it once.

I'm also currently buying all the extras that go with it confused
They seem very popular amongst the urban sports crowd.

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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ManFromDelmonte said:
Urban Sports said:
I just got a gopro, I have no real reason to own it yet I found myself needing one, no idea why and I've had it since Friday and I've not used it once.

I'm also currently buying all the extras that go with it confused
They seem very popular amongst the urban sports crowd.
I got a cheap chinese copy. It's brilliant. Waterproof, comes with a load of mounts, I record all sorts from kayaking to pushbikes to the front wheel on the car to check suspension travel, it's fantastic.

And threaten the chinese seller with negative feedback and you'll get it all refunded.
(I didn't threaten with neg feedback, but I had a mount broken in transit, I asked them if I could pay for a new mount, and they refunded me the whole cost of the camera as an apology...)

R8VXF

6,788 posts

115 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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OpulentBob said:
I got a cheap chinese copy. It's brilliant. Waterproof, comes with a load of mounts, I record all sorts from kayaking to pushbikes to the front wheel on the car to check suspension travel, it's fantastic.

And threaten the chinese seller with negative feedback and you'll get it all refunded.
(I didn't threaten with neg feedback, but I had a mount broken in transit, I asked them if I could pay for a new mount, and they refunded me the whole cost of the camera as an apology...)
Link to said item?

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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R8VXF said:
OpulentBob said:
I got a cheap chinese copy. It's brilliant. Waterproof, comes with a load of mounts, I record all sorts from kayaking to pushbikes to the front wheel on the car to check suspension travel, it's fantastic.

And threaten the chinese seller with negative feedback and you'll get it all refunded.
(I didn't threaten with neg feedback, but I had a mount broken in transit, I asked them if I could pay for a new mount, and they refunded me the whole cost of the camera as an apology...)
Link to said item?
The one I got (cheap, basic, 720p):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-720P-HD-Action-Sport-W...

A more Go-Pro-ey one (1080p):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SJ4000-Full-HD-1080P-Spo...

An even more Go-Pro-ey one, with wifi (1080p):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SJ5000-S50W-Wifi-Wireles...


I've got no issue with quality, the mounts can snap when hit by, for example, a kayak paddle, but the actual quality, use etc is bang on. Touch screen, good battery life, 100% waterproofness so far - everyone in my boat club is getting one for next year's big adventure, so we can make a massive, multi-angle video. The cheaper one is slightly easier on memory cards/file size. Also the waterproof case can muffle the sound but that's to be expected with anything supposedly waterproof.

All are available from UK sellers too for not much/any more, but I've found the chinese places like to bend over backwards for good feedback and usually bung in a load of extras. smile

Sway

26,254 posts

194 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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A good mate bought the sj4000 one for an alpine bike tour earlier in the year. Lots of wet weather, and 'sufficient' speeds.

Looking at the footage, what a great bit of kit. Think it worked out less than a few mounts for a GoPro, yet came with all the attachments you could want.

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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They are exactly the same as Go-Pro mounts, just without the badge that adds 1000% to the price. wink


R8VXF

6,788 posts

115 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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OpulentBob said:
<-- useful info -->
Cheers OB beer

ManFromDelmonte

2,742 posts

180 months

Monday 24th November 2014
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Sway said:
A good mate bought the sj4000 one for an alpine bike tour earlier in the year. Lots of wet weather, and 'sufficient' speeds.

Looking at the footage, what a great bit of kit. Think it worked out less than a few mounts for a GoPro, yet came with all the attachments you could want.
Used one of these on a surfing holiday recently, the mount stayed on the board and the camera stayed dry despite an incredible pounding from 10ft+ waves. Really impressed. If I remember rightly, the 60fps mode was a bit crap, it just recorded at 30fps but replicated each frame twice so instead of 1,2,3,4,5 at 30fps it appeared as 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5 at 60fps. I might be wrong about this, or it might have been a firmware issue.


RobinBanks

17,540 posts

179 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LNT1GJG?ie=U...

Enter code TRADAR55 at checkout and it goes down to £13.99!

NDA

21,565 posts

225 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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RobinBanks said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LNT1GJG?ie=U...

Enter code TRADAR55 at checkout and it goes down to £13.99!
Ooops. Ordered! smile

leglessAlex

5,434 posts

141 months

Tuesday 25th November 2014
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RobinBanks said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LNT1GJG?ie=U...

Enter code TRADAR55 at checkout and it goes down to £13.99!
Almost made it the whole evening without ordering something, damn you!!

P.S. Thanks biggrin

BlackST

9,079 posts

165 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/AKG-High-Performance-Headp...

AKG K452 over ear headphones. £25. I don't need a pair but they seem too good of a deal to pass on?

Fer

7,709 posts

280 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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leglessAlex said:
Almost made it the whole evening without ordering something, damn you!!

P.S. Thanks biggrin
Oops. Me too.

anonymous-user

54 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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Alex L said:
wsurfa said:
How well does/would it work with chubb keys, I've got 2 on my current disorganised key lump

thanks
It doesn't which is why I don't use my orbit key. Only have 2 keys, one of which is a Chubb.
Thanks Alex, orbit key now off the list. Will have to find another mostly pointless toy smile

RobinBanks

17,540 posts

179 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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anonymous said:
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It has good reviews. I found the deal on Techradar so I presume that they endorse it. Maybe not.

Silverbullet767

10,699 posts

206 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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For mobile phone battery chargers, you can't go wrong with Anker products. Yes, it's a funny name. I have the 15000mAh version.

Du1point8

21,606 posts

192 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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leglessAlex said:
RobinBanks said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LNT1GJG?ie=U...

Enter code TRADAR55 at checkout and it goes down to £13.99!
Almost made it the whole evening without ordering something, damn you!!

P.S. Thanks biggrin
This will be excellent for charging IPad when on holiday in Lapland... cheers.

Du1point8

21,606 posts

192 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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Silverbullet767 said:
For mobile phone battery chargers, you can't go wrong with Anker products. Yes, it's a funny name. I have the 15000mAh version.
usually I get anker products but for £13 its a bit of a steal... especially compared with £20 for the Anker one.

JonRB

74,516 posts

272 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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RobinBanks said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LNT1GJG?ie=U...

Enter code TRADAR55 at checkout and it goes down to £13.99!
Awesome! Thanks for that. Ordered.

(It was a shame the Promo code only applied to the white version and not the black version, but for that price I'm not complaining)

Bungleaio

6,330 posts

202 months

Wednesday 26th November 2014
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Nice one, 3 ordered.
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