(Rating 1-5 stars) Packaging - 5 * Ease of use - 5 * (dummy proof) Touch screen - 4 * (small) Video quality - 5* (4K-2.7K-1080p) Battery/life - 3 * (overheat on 2nd use) Water proof - 2 * (nope) For testing use didnt go as well as Id hoped for. Heading home from the office after 14 min in Texas heat I got a hot battery warning. Hope that isn't a recurring problem.
For anyone interested in the video quality, I uploaded this directly to YouTube from my phone using the insta360 app. The video starts out grainy, but improves before the green flag. BONUS: You can see me run out of talent in turn 16 at about the 2 minute mark
Nice...that camera stays locked in that mount when you low side. Question? Why did you have to go in to hot pit after the crash
Re-tech after handlebars touch the ground ... way for the org to make sure the bike is OK to be on track and not a danger to others (or the rider).
I should have mentioned, I didn't know Insta360 made a helmet specific mount until this thread. The one I'm using in the video was handmade for my Shoei RF-SR and wouldn't fit any other helmet. There are 2 reasons why I would not us the insta360 branded mount. 1. It's universal, so it's not going to be terrific in any one particular application. 2. It looks like it's holding the camera a lot further forward than it absolutely needs to be. There is definitely a visibility penalty having the camera there, and the further back the camera can be placed, the less of a problem it is. Obviously I had to go into hot pit to say HI to my dude down in pit lane. I know he's rooting for me and I wanted to show my appreciation.
Theses are the only pictures I have of the one I made. I ground the ends(including the locking tabs but I haven't found that to be an issue) off of the OEM mount, removed the mounting bits from the back, bent up a piece of metal, and epoxied it in place. In the picture, I have it slid out to show off the bracket, but it slides in until the camera itself is touching the helmet both top and bottom, creating the absolute minimum impact to my vision. I should also say that at least in my helmet, the orientation of the camera (lens up or down) matters. I couldn't install it lens up because it would foul the visor. Lens down, it gently rests against the inside of the visor and I called that good enough.
Since I'm not in the know, I have a few of questions. 1) Does the camera positioned right at your eye interfere with your field of view much? 2) Did it take long before your brain adapted and you "don't even know it's there"? 3) I'm glad to see it didn't seem to affect anything during/after impact, could one expect a different outcome during a harder hit? 4) Is there any potential degradation to the helmet from installing the mount? This seems like a great way to share my two-wheeled passion with friends and family, thanks!
Bad news...insta360 Go 3s is toast after 2 days. The battery got so hot it has smoked the unit. 8 min in my air conditioned truck and went lava. I cant get it to cool down. I put it in the refrigerator.
Question about how you operate your insta360 device. My device separates from the main unit which features the screen for changing settings or types of options. (cameras or videos) I then install the separated GO 3S in my helmet with the special POV mount then connect my phones wifi to the unit. Do you really need to connect the phone to it by means of wifi? Maybe the cell phones wifi connection is causing extreme battery usage? I can just tap the record and put the thing in my helmet I would think.
After speaking with Inst360 tech support this thing is headed back to them in Cali (of course its probably made in China) but turning the thing on inside the house after 7 min its so hot i could iron my dress shirt with it. I'm afraid it might catch fire in the helmet. Once it gets that hot it takes like 2 hours to cool down. Smh
Sounds like a faulty chip made it into the camera. Sucks that you caught a dud, but we should all be thankful that modern high end electronics have such safe-guards to stop their operation when they get too hot. They could just as easily let the camera run until it damaged itself further, corrupted your existing videos, or caught fire.
Can you imagine being at speed and the thing catches fire inside your helmet? Why is he pulling his helmet off at 100 mph
so i havent had any issues with mine. i did buy the waterrpoof case to protect it a little better. certainly no overheating issues like you've had.
