![]() By that time there were user reviews in and they were all having similar issues to me showing it wasn't a faulty unit, just a poor camera.Īround a year on, they had made some improvements to the camera so it wasn't as unstable and fixed some ridiculous bugs that should never have been in there (such as autoexposure not working on sub 2 second timelapses) but it was still not particularly reliable and batterylife remained poor. When I received the camera it had a note saying to immediately update the firmware as the launch firmware was extremely unstable (the same one reviewers had been using) but even then after a few weeks I wasn't getting on well with the camera as it was unreliable and batterylife was poor even with features like wifi turned off. Professional reviewers are pretty much as bad in this regard, I bought the GoPro3 Black Edition on release as I was wanting an action camera and several sites highly recommended it as being the very best there was - none of them mentioned any issues at all, not even with a disclaimer they were reviewing early firmware products. ![]() ![]() As I do a lot of photography and videography people frequently ask me for advice on cameras and similar but when they ask about an action camera, they always ask which GoPro to buy not which camera. ![]() The annoying thing is that even though I think Garmin did a great job with the Virb and the system as a whole they haven't been able to touch GoPro's much superior branding and marketting. Despite that though the Virb looked a poor seller, I only ever saw a small percentage claimed and they were always in the next day's sale suggesting they weren't selling out. The Virb Elite has been in the last few sales for a very cheap £130 against an rrp of £350, I originally bought my Elite for around £280 shortly after release. I suspect the Virbs haven't sold well, it's interesting to see how products sell in the Amazon lightning deals as you can gauge interest in a product by how quickly it sells. The difference is I occasionally used the GoPro as it irritated me particularly due to its poor reliability and batterylife so I ended up rarely using it whereas the Virb I just stick it in the cradle, slide the switch forward and it's good to go so I've ended up using it far more extensively.Ĭlick to expand.I don't think there is either as I suspect we'd know something of it by now. By comparison the Virb is extremely reliable, the batterylife is much better (around two and a half times longer with the GPS off, around double with the GPS on),the mounts and mounting system are simple and work well, it doesn't need a dive case for normal use, the interface is easy to use (four buttons (up/down/back/confirm) and a dedicated record slider) and the firmware update is very simple. ![]() I found the GoPro irritating as it was unreliable, its batterylife was short, the mounting system, the mounts, the dive case and the interface were all a fiddle and the firmware update procedure a joke. I've had a GoPro3 Black Edition and Garmin Virbs both of which I've used extensively and I find the Virb a far better camera in just about every way. The result is a rich, memorable, video experience that you can easily share and post online.Click to expand.There's nothing special about the GPS features, if you want you can use the Virb edit software with a GoPro and GPX/FIT file so you don't even need a Garmin to use it plus there's other similar GPS programs. The VIRB® Edit desktop app combines your VIRB video footage with GPS and other data from any VIRB action camera or a compatible Garmin device. ![]()
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