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GoPro Helmet Hero Wide Video Cameras
Product DescriptionThe Digital Helmet Hero mounts to your helmet. The Digital Hero 3 uses a wrist strap and was originally designed with surfing in mind. All models are waterproof to 100 feet.The GoPro Digital Hero 3 is about to start a new revolution in cycling, allowing you to film your rides in one simple and easy to use package. This item has both the lens and recording device in one compact package! When you add a 2 Gb Secure Digital(SD) card you get a camera that can take up to 54 minutes of video complete with sound. GoPro Helmet HERO Wide Video Cameras Pro Review
Originally released in 2006, the HERO cameras are a line patented by GoPro, a northern California-based team of inventors and athletes dedicated to making it easy to use a camera during favorite activities. The HERO camera line incorporates a small digital camera enclosed in a waterproof housing unit, and the camera can take still or video pictures. The HERO comes in a variety of versions such as the Helmet HERO, the Motorsports HERO, the Surf HERO, and the Digital HERO, the core differences are the mounting options included in each package. Continue reading →
User Reviews
Submitted by
Jared Shroyer
a All Mountain Rider Date Reviewed: October 3, 2012 Strengths: Great features. Very cheap for what you get. Lots of options if you want to go do other activities with the same camera. Personally i enjoy biking, autocross racing, and snowboarding. Hence this works great. I use a lot of the options. Plus the ability to shoot in many different settings helps a lot. Weaknesses: interface is not the greatest to use but is manageable. The sound quality is much better on the HERO2 which my buddy has but the original Hero isnt that good. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Island Lake Duration Product Used: 3 years Purchased At: Amazon.com Bike Setup: Trek Wahoo 
Submitted by
laronvonbaron
a Racer
from ca Date Reviewed: May 14, 2011 Strengths: none Weaknesses: total crap quality loose cases loose mounts camera stops its self Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $174.00 Purchased At: amazon Similar Products Used: drift 
Submitted by
chrisatmtbtips
a Cross Country Rider
from Gladstone QLD, Australia Date Reviewed: July 19, 2010 Strengths: Simple operation, easy to use buttons, functions and options. Small, lightweight. Good video clarity with OK sound - check out the results at mtbtips.com. Battery time is very good - a couple of hours from a full charge easy. Brackets and mounts are good - very adaptable, useful and strong. Weaknesses: Turns off unexpectedly. It doesn't matter if the camera is moving or still, full sun or in the shade. And it turns off at anytime; after 14 seconds, after 2 minutes, 3 mins 19 secs, whenever; which is really frustrating when I'm making videos for my mountain biking website which are usually 5 minutes or so in length. On top of that you don't always realise when it's turned itself of. Finding out you haven't got all the footage you thought you're back home and editing is VERY frustrating. Looks like I'm not the only one who experiences this problem. Also, lack of a rear LCD screen is a weakness. A rear LCD screen would take the guess-work out of finding the area of view. I know they've got one coming to attach to the back of the unit, and I can't wait, but it seems to be behind schedule. GoPro originally stated July 2010 for the LCD backpack, but I'm starting to hear late 2010. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Nerang State Forest Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $390.00 Purchased At: Chain Reaction Cycle Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Giant Reign XO 
Submitted by
billbill357
a Cross Country Rider
from Worthington, Ohio, U.S.A. Date Reviewed: December 27, 2009 Strengths: Tough, wide angle lens, versitile Weaknesses: The video quality is OK, even just plugging it into the TV the video is still choppy. Audio is crap. Even without the case on, the microphone isn't as good as a 10$ disposable video camera's microphone. When you ride you don't hear sounds, you hear vibrations off of whatever your camera is mounted on. I feel like GoPro stuck a crappy microphone on it just to raise the price 30$ Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Vultures knob Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Purchased At: again, gift Bike Setup: Long story short, a DB coil ex, but very souped up
Submitted by
egsavio
a Weekend Warrior
from Florianópolis, SC, Brazil Date Reviewed: December 25, 2009 Strengths: Light, comes with several mount devices, easy. Nice stabilization of image, even about fast DH. Almost two hours of battery life. Weaknesses: Can't use alkaline battery. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The tomorrow's one Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: Internet Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Cannondale Moto, UMF Freddy, Merida 96 
Submitted by
mtg7aa
a Downhiller
from Denver, CO Date Reviewed: December 16, 2009 Strengths: Weatherproof, cheap, lots of mounting options Weaknesses: Unusably short battery life, shuts off so often during use that I just assume it won't record an entire DH run. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: REI
Submitted by
CoconutFish
a Cross Country Rider
from Quezon City, NCR, Philippines Date Reviewed: December 12, 2009 Strengths: Great all-around camera, especially taking single-track footage and recon riding. Wide-angle lens works wonders Weaknesses: Clips easily break, I already broke both clips. I glued the clip directly to the helmet mount to fix the problem. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Monterey - AFP Housing - Araneta Farm - Pestano - Giant Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $190.00 Purchased At: REI Bike Setup: 2009 Vision Pursuit (hardtail), 2008 SRSuntour XCR LOD, 2009 Deore Groupset, Shimano Alivio Octalink Crankset, 2003 Deore Lx RD, Shimano Non-Series Hubs with Alexrims XD-Lite on Continental Mountain King 2.2 and Race King 2.2 wirebeads.
Submitted by
Cousinkong
a Cross Country Rider
from Suamico, WI Date Reviewed: December 3, 2009 Strengths: Great all in one camera.Great picture especially for singletrack. The wide angle lets you see the whole trail and isn't to shaky. Weaknesses: The sound is a touchy. The camera has the ability to have high or low volume but all you get while riding is wind noise. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Pioneer Loop Duration Product Used: 1 Year Purchased At: It was a gift
Submitted by
DirtyRottenScoundrel
a Weekend Warrior
from Dallas, Texas Date Reviewed: August 24, 2009 Strengths: I actually only payed $60 after the REI dividend check and 20% discount. Easy to use. Shoots good video at 512x384. 5 megapixel stills make awesome screen saver slide shows or desktop wall papers. Weaknesses: .AVI has to be converted in order to edit in Adobe Premier. Although I have never lost video with a fresh set of batteries, some pics were blurred. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: OCNP Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $190.00 Purchased At: REI Similar Products Used: Oregon Scientific
Submitted by
8664
a Weekend Warrior
from switzerland Date Reviewed: July 24, 2009 Strengths: small easy the adyust Weaknesses: i think somtime she lost some sequence of video sound its not the best Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: garbanzo Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $199.00 Purchased At: gopro Similar Products Used: nothing for this price Bike Setup: gopro wide with chest mount from gopro
Submitted by
killer1
a Weekend Warrior
from victoria, british columbia, canada Date Reviewed: April 11, 2009 Strengths: the camera's ability to keep up with the recording during fast sections is excellent. the 170 wide lens does a good job on capturing what is wanted in the cam. plenty of adaptors are available to mount the cam wherever you want to. Weaknesses: no playback--- lcd icons are hard to distinguish--especially if your eyes are bad. the camera eats batteries like candy. audible warning signals could be louder. you have to keep an eye on the cam to make sure your still recording. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: hartland Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $200.00 Purchased At: e bay Similar Products Used: canon digital camera Bike Setup: nomad 2007 with a bomber 55 eta and a fox dhx5
Submitted by
mlaff
a Downhiller
from Clayton, Ca Date Reviewed: April 2, 2009 Strengths: Easy to turn on and off. Great mounting system. Good customer support. Weaknesses: Doesn't like some SD cards. Shuts off frequently. Requires brand NEW batteries (even NiMH rechargables). No way to check positioning on the fly at the trail. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Back Creek Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $165.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Iron Horse MKIII Comp with Fox Vanilla and Formla k24's -who cares for a camera review;-)
Submitted by
Ick of the East
a Cross Country Rider
from Hampshire IL Date Reviewed: March 11, 2009 Strengths: It turns on when you want it to. Wish I could say the same for turning off. Weaknesses: GoPro Hero Wide: 170 degrees sounds great, right? If your subject is really close maybe. But man, if you are pointing at something a but further away it's like looking through the wrong end of binoculars. 70 of those degrees are pure distortion. And like the other guy said, what's with all the shutting off when the going gets a little bit rough? Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: America Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $180.00
Submitted by
iheartbicycles
a Weekend Warrior
from SF Bay Area Date Reviewed: December 14, 2008 Strengths: Easy to set up, easy to mount. Easy to move from helmet, to wrist and back to helmet. Weaknesses: Where do I start? I guess the most frustrating thing is lost video. The Go Pro shuts itself off frequently - causing lost video. This seems to happen when the going gets really rough - which also happens to coincide with the most fun parts of the ride. The result is lost video of the coolest part of the ride. This sucks. Second - sound quality is horrible. Plan on overriding the sounds of singletrack with some tunes. Video quality is pretty darn poor as well. The camera really can't handle rough trails. Choppy video is status quo with the Go Pro. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Can't think of just one! Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $180.00 Purchased At: Pegasus Cycleworks - Similar Products Used: My digital point and shoot camera - produces better video, audio and doesn't shut itself off. Bike Setup: I have a fleet!
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