Am looking to get a small video cam, preferably helmet mount, after I had an "incident" with a tool in an SUV this morning.
Just want something small reasonably unobtrusive and easy to start/stop and with reasonable quality to use for commuting because I can never remember to get a number plate.

If any has any suggestions from experience of cams to get (or avoid) would appreciate that. Budget up to about $150-200 tops

Regards
Peter

Sony action cams you can get on spesh for that.

They're pretty good, added bonus is you don't look like a telly-tubbie al la GoPro.

Thanks, will check those out, much appreciated

check out the contour cameras too, easy to operate and versatile mounting options.

Fly6 if you want a fixed rear camera/tail light combo.

slidecontrol wrote:check out the contour cameras too, easy to operate and versatile mounting options.

Can you still get them though? Last I heard they were in then out then in then out of business.

The Garmin Virb base model (one without GPS) should fit your budget also

Scotty wrote:

slidecontrol wrote:check out the contour cameras too, easy to operate and versatile mounting options.

Can you still get them though? Last I heard they were in then out then in then out of business.

Website is still functional and shows a new model too. Looks to be just what I want as well, wonder who does them here?

laworder wrote:

Scotty wrote:

slidecontrol wrote:check out the contour cameras too, easy to operate and versatile mounting options.

Can you still get them though? Last I heard they were in then out then in then out of business.

Website is still functional and shows a new model too. Looks to be just what I want as well, wonder who does them here?

Revolution Products used to be the agent - not sure if that is still the case (can't see them listed on their website)

I have the original version of these - which was known as the VholdR, which I could possibly be prepared to let go if you were interested? Anything new would blow it out of the water in terms of (video) quality these days - everything is recording 1080p these days and this is a standard definition model. It also doesn't have quite as wider field of view as the newer model.

I did a review of it when it was new - can check it out here.

Edit: If you're watching the youtube clip on that review thread - make sure you up the quality, mine was defaulting to 144p . Sure, the camera's not 1080p, but its certainly better than 144p!

hanks for that - the agent for them now is Action Gear
They do the Contour 2 Roam for $285 a little more then I had in mind, but if its worth it....
http://www.actiongear.co.nz/online-bike ... r-roam2-2/

What I like about the Contours is the way they don't make you look like a teletubbie. I frickin' HATE the teletubbie thing.

Scotty wrote:What I like about the Contours is the way they don't make you look like a teletubbie. I frickin' HATE the teletubbie thing.

Yes, that is definitely a plus for me - the thing has to go on my helmet, I cant leave it on my bike as it'll get pinched there, and the size of a lot of things like the GoPros puts me off as the helmet needs to be stowed in a confined space when I'm not using it. I dont care whether I look like a teletubbie or not, its the practical considerations that make a small unobtrusive cam a requirement for me

laworder wrote:

Scotty wrote:What I like about the Contours is the way they don't make you look like a teletubbie. I frickin' HATE the teletubbie thing.

Yes, that is definitely a plus for me - the thing has to go on my helmet, I cant leave it on my bike as it'll get pinched there, and the size of a lot of things like the GoPros puts me off as the helmet needs to be stowed in a confined space when I'm not using it. I dont care whether I look like a teletubbie or not, its the practical considerations that make a small unobtrusive cam a requirement for me

AND, the way that the whole camera rotates inside the housing - so it can be mounted in any orientation and then levelled using the frikking laser beams. Whereas with a GoPro, if its mounted on the piss, then your footage is on the piss.

These new gopros look pretty chur, came out recently
Not sure on price but would be quite easy to tuck under a helmet visor

NickCW wrote:These new gopros look pretty chur, came out recently
Not sure on price but would be quite easy to tuck under a helmet visor

Very nice..... but $4-600 though