Cheaper alternative to go pro?

[Matt]

im after a go pro. But without the price tag. I know you get what you pay for, I've seen some 1080p go pro style cameras for as little as £17. Obviously these are going to be shit and not worth the money at all. 
But is there something cheaper and worth it?

I want it for recording drives, track time, video reviews etc 
So need something with a good mic and able to film in hd/1080 
External memory is a plus

[Frosty]

Me and Mr fish bought a SJ cam earlier in the year which seems pretty good. We went for the slightly more expensive 1 which is the SJ 4000 i think. Think it was around the £50/60 mark. Been pretty impressed with it, we got a proper go pro mount for it to stick on the cars though that we used at pugfest this year

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-SJCAM-...SwwbdWKfCq

[306Dan]

I've got a drift hd for the bike, was £70 refurbed with 1 year warranty, really good clarity etc

[Niall]

In all fairness Matt i know you're on a budget but there are some cracking deals on GoPros at the moment in the sales. Have a look around!

[Matt]

Yeah I'm trying to have a look about. I just don't want to spend to much on it as I don't know how much I'll actually use it.

Where would you recommend looking for one?

[Niall]

Amazon. I picked up a Hero 4 Session on there boxing day for £100 but that was with a £20 voucher work gave me. Just have a good look around. Motorsport shops, water sport shops etc

[WiNgNuTz]

I got the SJCam SJ4000 for Christmas, about £50-60 as mentioned above, and side by side, pretty close quality wise to the go pro. Most of the gopro gear fits the SJ as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7gtYOIj_uY

EDIT: Just read your post properly, the SJ4000 does do 1080p, but only at 30FPS, so I've got mine recording at 720p at 60FPS, and it does have external memory, up to 32Gb iirc.

[1616six]

Another thumbs up for the SJ4000. I have the WIFI edition & it's awesome. All the same mounts as the GoPro, works great.

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Here's my SJ4000 in a suction mount when I had the 309.

http://youtu.be/vF14MDqdvSY

[WiNgNuTz]

I decided against the Wifi edition, as it's a feature I am unlikely to use anyway, but even that's only an extra £10 or so.

[swampy]

Hmm I'm looking at something like this to record bits of my drive to Italy and back next year

[Piggy]

SJ here too.
Mine was £40 new.
Careful you dont buy the SJ copy which is junk.
Quality seems same as gopro in my eyes and you get more features...plus you can buy a lot of them for the cost of one gopro!

[Eeyore]

i use a gopro hero 3 black edition for the quadcopter and film work. However I would highly recommend the SJ 4000. make sure you get a genuine as there are lots of fakes. They are very good and i was very impressed by piggys which i used at action day.

[WiNgNuTz]

Yeah, that's a good call tbh, be VERY vigilant to make sure you get a genuine one if you do go with the SJ4000, there are hundreds of fakes out there, and its very easy to end up with one! The fake ones are utter garbage, if you decide to go with the SJ, feel free to let me know and I'll send you the link I used for mine. Well, the one I WOULD have used if I'd bought it myself.

I'm sure any of the other members that have recommended them will happily do the same though.

[1616six]

I got a fake by mistake & it was terrible, sent it back and found a genuine one. Can't remember the seller on eBay but if you google it you'll find it easy enough.

[7057sam]

Niall still got his forsale ??

Heard some very good things from the sj4000 though,could brought 3 for the price of the 4

[1616six]

just found it, foxoffer is the company that sell 100% genuine. They come from abroad but mine literally took 3-4 days to arrive.

[Choppin]

Another for the SJ, got the lil M10 wifi as mainly wanted it for a dash cam and it's been perfect, not massively great sound quality but everything else has been just as good if not better than my friends gopro's, fookin tiny compared to the usual GoPro style cameras as well

[Dum-Dum]

Another vote for the SJ4000 here.

It's cross compatible with go pro mounts too.

[welshpug]

wifi feature on the gopro is great, as there's no screen you can set it up much easier, transfering files on the fly too.

only downside is battery life, but in a car you can solve that with a long usb lead.

[Matt]

Think I'm going to go for a sj4000 I've seen sj6000 on eBay, but looking at them all there is litterally no way to tell if it's a fake or not by just looking.

Anyone got a link to the sj?

I wanted a GoPro but looked around and can only find them for £170+ as I'd want a hero 3

[WiNgNuTz]

SJCAM links:

Non WiFi - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Genui...Sw9r1V9XUR

WiFi - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-SJCAM-...SwwbdWKfCq

You're welcome.

[Matt]

Cheers dude, the guy Jordan mentioned is in China, he legit?

I'll be purchasing the wifi version tomorrow

[1616six]

He's legit, check out Techmoan to confirm if you don't believe me

[Matt]

Ooooooo choices which do I buy from.... Haha

[1616six]

Foxoffer. 100% genuine and quick delivery.

[WiNgNuTz]

Wherever man, just don't get a fake one!

[Matt]

Delivery time from fox offer is like 2 weeks though haha, I'm impatient and want it now

[1616six]

Mine took under 4 days from them

[Matt]

Now I need a micro sd! What size is recommended, looking at 32gb, what will that hold video wise?

[Niall]

Get on Amazon Matt. They are doing great deals on class 10 Samsung cards. I bought a 64gb one the other day for £12.