Worth the price, but not for long-term use. It really does store 2 hours!
SUMMARY: Don't expect a high-end device, but I'm very happy with my purchase, given the price and my 1-time need to covertly record something. You'll get full 2 hours of decent-quality, covertly-recorded video, although possibly with muffled audio. If you're a private investigator, find another $250-$300 device which will last several years with a higher-quality mic and camera. This isn't that. PROS: - It really does get a full two hours of 1080p video!! I figured that claim was inflated but I tested. The SD card wasn't even close to full -- It's the battery that ends it. When the battery is almost done, it saves whatever it was recording and stops. - Easy to use with fairly clear instructions, including how to set the time. (Which requires a computer.) - Under normal circumstances, this device won't get any attention. It does tell time so technically it's a watch. The screen looks innocent enough. It shows a red heart instead of something like "recording" to indicate recording is in progress. The camera lens is not obvious. CONS: - Audio is very muffled, at least on my unit. If I had to use this for audio with video, I'd carry a separate audio recorder and mix them later. - If someone is *looking for* a recording device on your person, they might not be convinced it's a fitness tracker or regular watch. It's at least 15mm thick at the edges, compared to the thickest modern fitness band I could find which is only 11.7mm. Of course the only obvious "function" you can show them it that it tells time. - There's no getting around that it's very difficult to keep your wrist still while walking, so your footage will be very shaky unless you can sit or stand still. You can run your footage through free image stabilization software, which may help. - You get military time or nothing. No am/pm. - The band can't be changed, and it won't last more than 20-30 cycles of being removed from the unit, which must be done every time you charge it or retrieve video. Also, the band may be small for larger people. (To check, tear a strip off one end of a sheet of printer paper, so it's 8.5" long. If you can touch both ends of the paper when it's wrapped around your wrist, you're fine, but maybe not if you need 3/4" more.) - Both the SD card slot and the micro USB port are a little flimsy. Use them carefully. In fact, never even remove the SD card. See below. SOME TIPS: - Don't use the SD card reader "thumb drive" that comes with it. Just leave the SD card in the watch, and copy the files to your computer directly through the included cable. The computer treats the camera like any other USB drive when you connect it. The SD slot on both devices (the camera and thumb drive) is hard to use and easy to damage. - Copy videos to your computer first, then view it. The copy process may be slow but your computer will be able to show the footage without stuttering, versus trying to view footage that's still on the device. - It starts a new AVI video file every 5 minutes while recording. You don't lose any frames of footage -- it's seamless. I believe this is to ensure you don't lose any footage if the battery dies. Various free software will let you splice the files together, which can be automated because the files are named in order they were recorded. If you use image stabilization software, use it after (or during) the splicing of the files. - In the pictures of this product, there's a white oval on the face, which isn't on my unit. That's fine, but what I didn't realize is there's a "touch button" at that location even though there's no white oval. Although it's not a touchscreen device, you just touch that part of the screen to turn it on or off (holding for 2 seconds) or you can touch it briefly to show or hide the display, even while recording. Read more
