Hero, Garmin or OTHER?

On Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 7:36:20 AM UTC-5, wrote:


I had an early model Garmin Virb and found it to be quite good....until it got glitchy, needed updates, sent back to Garmin for rebuild. That one quit working. They offered an upgrade at 10% off retail. Each exchange cost me something. Then Garmin just stopped supporting the Virb and came out with something that looked more like a GoPro. Very disappointing to have a company with such a good name treat one product line like an out-of-wedlock child. No suggestions, sorry.

Thanks for sharing. After reading up on the heat issues with the Hero 8 I started looking at alternatives. The Garmin Elite 30 and XE were the next two on my list but it looks for all the world like they are getting ready to release something else which would put me exactly in the same boat you were in. Maybe a Chinese knock off for 150 or less is the best option until the dust settles. I found one with 4K 30fps and EIS (at 1040p) for 158 bucks but the color isn't anything to write home about.