Medion Life S47000 Sportcam

[DahDit]

I got one of these for a much more reasonable £39.99 from Aldi. Battery life last 2 hours and you can get 85 mins of 720i HD footage on an 8Gb SD card.



Here's a review....

Anyway, I mounted it to the RAM ball in the middle of the yolk on the bike and fixed it vertically - a mistake as it picked up some reflections from the screen and some wind noise. In fact, I thought there may be more wind noise and I may have to shield the microphone - but it looks like that'll be unnecessary, I just need to position the camera closer to the screen.

The main issue that I need to sort is the V-twin character of the bike rattling the battery around under harder acceleration, causing the camera to switch off. So of the clips below, Video 1 is short-ish as the camera cuts out. Videos 2 & 3 are longer, but I've had to short shift through the gears and not let the bike sing...

Anyway, not bad for a cheap, splashproof camera that's ideal for hols, sports, letting kids use etc.

Video 1


Video 2


Video 3


Film taken between Withernsea and Hornsea, which formed part of the Yorkshire Saturday Run.

[teejayexc]

... "the V-twin character".....

Is that rose tinted spectacle wearers saying for ..."shaking yer ar$e to bits"


Nice vids for a budget recorder matey, like you say a more stable mount will improve the pics no end...wanna borrow a D9?

;D

[mickandrita]

I have just bought one from medion web site for £19.99 plus delivery it s not arrived yet but can you tell me how you mounted it to the bike please
cheers
Mick

[DahDit]

Hi Mick,

I used a Ram mount that's normally used for GPS's. You might be better fashioning something yourself because unless you have something like a Garmin or TomTom Rider, the Ram mounts will be a great deal more expensive than the camera.....

But a quick e-bay search for "handlebar camera mount" returned a few cheap but short ones......... adding the word "long" returned this...

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CMP205-6-inch-long-handlebar-Mount-for-Camera-DV-Garmin-Nuvi-Camcorder-/360531269320?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53f15696c8 as it's less than £15, it should be exempt taxes I believe

[CD]

Put the battery on some of this -
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LARGE-QUALITY-ANTI-SPIL-GRIP-MAT-NON-SLIP-GRIP-TOOL-BOX-DRAWER-LINER-/170769428163?pt=UK_Home_Garden_FittedCarpets_Underlay_SM&hash=item27c2a6aec3

Well worth having on smooth running bikes and those with character.

[DahDit]

I'm surprised they're still around to be had tbh, the original post was well over 2 years ago - tech has moved on since then, but they still produce decent results for the money.

Gratuitous Timmelsjoch descent post...


Check out "Techmoan" on Youtube - he does a great number of current reviews for cheap cameras suitable for bikes........

www.youtube.com/user/techmoan