2 bits of advice...if using it on a boat...PURCHASE AND ATTACH THE FLOATY BACKDOOR...and if you don't go that route, DON'T USE THE QUICK CLIP AND TRY TO CLIP IT ONTO YOUR WINDSHIELD!
I bought one last winter (Hero 3+ Silver) and shot some test footage one day last spring while working a small pod of schoolies in Plymouth...was very happy with the grand total of 2:30 of footage that I got.
I dragged my brother out there the next day and was giving a quick tech demo of some of the features. I downloaded the GoPro App and clipped the gopro to the top of the windshield (with no floaty backdoor attached...which is still at my house) and launched the app and started viewing the virtually real time footage that was being captured (Strongly recommend the smartphone app even if you have one of the newer version with the LCD screen built in...and its free!). We're just getting underway in the boat going about 12 kt in the main channel and I happen to notice a flock of birds working and some fish popping underneath it. I go to point out to him these birds pounding the surface and I somehow knock the clip off my windshield, it bounces once on the center console, bounces again off the gunwale and plummets like a rock down to the bottom of Plymouth Harbor channel...a one in a million shot to happen the way it did...I didn't even bother to stop to pine over the losses
Not sure if you need to download the GoPro Studio app onto your computer, but again its free and can assist you with some of the editing features and trim down your raw footage to make a nice end of season compilation video anyway.
Bottom line- It seemed like a really cool and useful tool...just make sure it is securely fastened to either your person or your boat.
