GoPro MAX

Max2, you are already in the goPro ecosystem, has replaceable Enduro batteries, and you can attach it to your head and reframe later or just hold onto a stick and it reframe later and it makes life much easier. I had an original GoPro Max when my kid was young, and it worked great. The Insta is also a great option, but is much taller and in my opinion harder to find good mount positions. Edit: best advice is get them used to all the equipment and strapping into the board at home inside before they have to do it outside in the cold at the mountain. This way when you are at the mountain, the only new thing is the mountain not the gear.

Upgrading from GoPro Max 😅

Gopro max or max2 or insta360. The 360 cameras are awesome as hell for snowboarding.

I've had * Hero 3 White * Hero 4 Silver * Hero 7 Black * Max (1) * Hero 12 Black and I still have all but the 3 white. The 3 white was the only 'bad' one I think, one where the camera really didn't live up to the hype for me and hence I upgraded quite quickly. As for my favourite? In the context of when they came out the 7 felt the most incredible, it really was a big jump with the stabilisation. But I probably shot most of my coolest footage on either the 4 Silver or the Max, just because of the time in my life I was using them and the novelty of 360 footage at the time.

I have a GoPro 9, 10 and two 11’s and had a DJI Action 4 at the end of last kayak fishing season. I don’t care how anyone regards GoPro in relation to DJI or Insta360, I care about my own experience. I chose to stay with GoPro. Edit: I forgot that picked up a GoPro Max on super deep discount at Best Buy after I decided to sell my Action 4 and stay in the GoPro camp.

Yup. For an action camera it is really unacceptable. You miss the action if the camera freezes all the time. Had these problems with 7,11 and max. Got rid of them. This was my only problem but it was big.

The x5 doesn't shoot in real 8k,though, and isn't much better than the Max in video quality in the end result. So I've stayed with my max. But hope a max2 might move the needle.

I know the gopro should be able to handle saltwater, but it’s how my Max died. An offbrand case is super cheap and I never had issues with overheating, so I like the extra layer of safety.

I like my Gopro Max for riding with my toddler because I don’t have to frame anything. I basically turn it on, hold it on a stick, let it record, and just focus on making sure kiddo is safe. It’s so easy to reframe later as if you were pointing it at them the whole time. The OG Max is pretty cheap right now (300 or less I think), but if you’re open to switching brands/ecosystems there are some good deals for the Insta360 X4 around the same price (they’re on Chewey.com the pet website right now for $300 being sold as a pet cam…). I don’t have a lot of personal experience with them, but I have friends who use them the same way I use my Max, and it’s newer tech and higher resolution. But overall a 360 cam is the way to go for filming small kiddos. They’re very set and forget.

I just bought the original Max for super cheap, I might consider buying the Max 2, but I just wanted to try 360 video before I spent a load of money on it. I got my Max for £120 so not too bad.

I see, would 4K not work? I think you should be able to get a decent time from 4K 60p before it over heats. I just bought the original GoPro Max as my first 360, if I like it I might upgrade to the Max 2 but I just wanted to test the waters with a cheap Max.