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Excellent Bicycle Helmet Security Camera

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2017

I bought this camera for security reasons. As a bicycle commuter I am faced with ignorance, thoughtlessness and sheer hostility of motorists around me. The idea is to capture securely any incident and this camera does a wonderful job at that. I attached it to my helmet. When viewing the videos on my Mac (no extra software update needed - just plug and play) I can clearly see license plates of moving vehicles. My video setting is 2.7k 60fps. At this rate, however, the date and time stamp does not work. It is fine with me as the video files do show date and time from the start of the recording.
Luckily my commute is only 30 minutes one way and the battery will last 2 days before it needs charging. At that point I erase all video material on the 32GB SD card. In other words, a larger capacity SD card makes no sense as the battery will need recharging before running out of storage capacity.

If I had one wish: please reduce the weight of future models.
Once the camera froze and it took me a little while to figure out that it actually has a reset button. When I had more specific questions they were answered swiftly and with knowledge by Drift's service team.

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Drizzle

Don’t buy

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2019

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Turned it on and saw the battery was low so I turned it off to charge the product as the manual says to do so. When fully charged I turned it back on to hook up the WiFi setting because I ride motorcycles so I wanted to get it set up at the right angle for my ride tomorrow, but that was not connecting to my phone successfully when the phone was already connected to the camera. So I try to turn it on and off, but it did not turn off so now I’m sitting here like a dumb*** at 12pm waiting for it to die because I don’t want to wake up to the fire department spraying my house down

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James Barnett

USB connection is very unreliable

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020

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I had a previous drift camera. That is what made me decide on this one.

Like the previous model I had, the battery life lasted for around one days worth of riding. To and back from work, about an hour each way. I also bought the extended battery pack which while making the camera taller, does give me at least two days of recording before have to recharge it. Having the ability to use 128 Gb memory makes it all better than my previous one which could only use the 32 Gb memory.

I looked at previous reviews. Several stated that the mic connection did not work well for them. The problem is the USB connection on the camera. It is a type B mini. It has been the most unreliable connection I have encountered. When I connect my computer to it, I can not touch the cable near the camera. It connects so sloppily that it will disconnect and maybe reconnect or give me a unrecognized device. Then I will have to disconnect the cable and try again. Same goes while charging it. I need to put some sort of pressure on the cable to make it charge. I usually put in a small amount of twist.

Its ability not to stay connected is its weakest attribute. That said, I do like the camera, but would have to spend time looking at others prior to buying it again.

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Asterus

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2017

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This is a compact 4K action camera that generally works fine and has some good points. But there are some not so good things, too.

While some may not like the small screen at the back I actually found it very functional and it worked as it should. I think the main complaint is its very small size. Yes, it is small but the upside is that it therefore consumes less battery power. One can purchase an optional battery that has the large screen built into it. In other words one will have a spare battery should one go this route.

The rotatable lens is a very useful feature - as I use the camera on the handle bar of my motorbike I need to make use of that feature.

The feel of the action camera has a good solid feel and I immediately took to it based on that alone. Appears to be of solid construction. Speaking of which, the camera is IPX4 rated - in other words it will take the occassional rain but cannot be submerged in water.

The first thing I am not keen on, however, is the temperamental nature of charging this device. Sometimes you may think it is charging due to the screen indicator showing such, but after a few hours there is no change to the charge state. So one has to continually check to see if it is charging and if not, one has to disconnect and then reconnect to the charger (PC USB or otherwise). It may be that my action cam has a dodgy USB connector although I have never had any issues with connecting to the memory micro-SD card. But the camera, when fully charged (eventually) does last a reasonable while before it needs a recharge. Around the 1 and half hour mark. Maybe it would be longer if I was certain that the batter was fully charged, however.

The major complaint of this device, however, is that at 1080p 30 FPS the video does not appear to be on par with some other ones I have seen such as the Sena 10C, Garmin Virb, and GoPro 5. These ones at 1080p 30 FPS the video all looked the same and were of very good quality. The Ghost 4K action camera at this setting (1080p 30FPS) looked inferior, pretty much similar to my previous Drift Ghost HD camera and one might think the setting was at 720. On that score the response from Drift Innovations (on the Ghost HD) was poor - the issue was never resolved and to date I am still waiting for their repsonse to the sample video I sent them. But that's another story.

However, set the Ghost 4K to 60 FPS (still at 1080p) and the video quality improves dramatically. Video at 4K 30FPS is pretty sharp, too. And while the image stabilisation does not work in 4K (another gripe, but the camera is described as not having video stabilisation at that setting - seems a bit misleading to say this camera has video stabilisation but then limit it to 1080p or less) the image stabilisation works exceptionally well. And coupled with the gyroscopic stabilisation - it is remarkably well implemented. It really is befuddling that Drift Innovations implements some features so well, and others so abysmally. Sigh. Go figure.

So overall, I do like the camera but it is not without its failings.

Good: compact size; excellent optical stabilisation (at 1080p 60 and 30 FPS); personally like the small screen; rotatable lens; solid construction
Bad: dodgy charging; optical stabilsation not functional (by design) at 4K
Ugly: Poor video quality at 1080p 30 FPS

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Saenar Drift

Please buy a "Stealth 2" over this, it has MUCH better options, and lasts longer!

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2018

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What happened to "Drift?" They used to sell great cameras; I even had 3 of the "Stealth 2" models! They all had (from the factory, mind you) a battery life (on 1080p 30fps) of at LEAST 2.5 (around 120+ minutes) hours, straight out of the package (with a full charge, of course!) I got this "Ghost 4K", and at 1080p 30fps, out of the package with a full charge, it lasted a total of 70 minutes! It's the same size as the "Stealth 2", but has MUCH less battery life?! I now only have 2 "Stealth 2's" because I was so impressed with them, that I gave a good friend one, and the other was mounted to my helmet when I took a hard fall onto a rock! It still works, but the display doesn't. So now I only have 2 "Stealth 2's" can use both, but can only read one display. Plus, Both cameras are about the same price, but if you want longer battery life out of the "Ghost 4K" you need to shell out an extra $40.00 for a bigger battery pack! "Sigh!"

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Thomas Wynalda

Bought this to upgrade my Stealth 2. To my ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018

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Bought this to upgrade my Stealth 2. To my surprise it was the same size as the Stealth so it worked perfectly in the mounting points I already had. Absolutely wonderful

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SoCaliTrojan

I like my old Drift Ghost-S much, much, much better...

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017

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I've had issues with my camera. I use an external microphone and no matter which one I use (I have one in each helmet), the audio conks out. Sometimes you hear the audio, and then it conks out for a few minutes, then it starts up again. Also if you manage to have sounds, you get visual artifacts as if you're trying to watch a movie on satellite tv during the storm of the century.

The field of view is less than that of the Ghost-S. Features like car dashcam and image stabilization only work for certain resolutions at certain FPS.

There are no additional modules available yet (view screen, battery, etc.). With my Drift Ghost-S, I have 6 additional batteries and just pop a new one in during each pit stop. With the Ghost 4K, I can't purchase an additional battery so I have to make do with the 2 hour 15 minute recording time I have available.

The Ghost 4K comes with a different remote that can't pair with older cameras. Forget about using one remote to control your other Drift cameras...you will have to wear a remote for your Ghost 4K, and then another remote for all of your older Drift cameras. Oh, and the remote has a watch strap, not the big velcro strap like before. There is no way to put it on top of a jacket: you have to put it on around your skin, or put it around some other object like your handlebar. I don't even use the remote since I can't wear it: I just use the instant on feature and then move around trying to see my reflection in the speedometer to see if the red led is on (which means I am recording). And yes, I have to leave the led indicator on because I don't have a remote that I can wear that reports what the camera is doing (video mode, camera mode, recording, idle, etc.).

The videos are never date-stamped even though I have that setting turned on. The files that are produced are time-stamped 16 hours in the past. If I want to find yesterday morning's commute, I have to look for the file that was dated the day before that.

This camera is excellent in the following situation: silent films in not so bright places. In any other situation, I would recommend my Ghost-S. This Ghost 4K has me so disappointed that I am even considering switching to GoPro even though their cameras are bulky on motorcycle helmets.

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Fantastic

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019

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Love this action camera...never has let us down.. it is amazing for off road adventure. Even at 60 miles an hour!

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Robert

Very disappointed

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019

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I have always been a big fan of Drift cameras, I've still got my original Drift ghost S from 5 years ago. Since I've bought two drift Stealth 2's and a Drift X. So I thought what the heck lets do the Drift Ghost 4k. I've only had it for two weeks and I'm already rubbing poo in my hair over this thing! First the screen on the back is too small unless you have a bionic eye to read the settings. So I stepped up my game and bought the screen to help since my bionic eye no longer works. OK, so that problem is solved. Next, after recording a few times the buttons freeze up and I am no longer able to switch between modes or even able to turn the unit off. So you have to remove the battery module and wait for the internal battery to run down. Next, if you hit the record button it's a crap shoot on rather or not it's really recording at all. This really drives my blood pressure up!! Attention Drift, if you want to compete with the other big dogs get back to basics, make a good product that is dependable.

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A.

Microphone on this is blah.

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018

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Great for footage and all. But the built in microphones make it sound extremely muffled, especially using the "front mic" setting. When placed in the car while driving, can't hear conversations, just amplifies the bass of the music (regardless of mic sensitivity).

Otherwise... great to use to get good footage. Like the fact that I don't have to level it like a GoPro. Just twist of a lens does wonders.

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