Rubichronic

Seriously? Vancouver doesn't get much snow. A couple centimeters shuts the place down. But drive an hour or two away into the mountains and you get some of the best skiing in North America.

burton50x

Used the suction cup mount on the hood for around $25

burton50x

The only additional items I had to buy was the suction cup and a micro sd card.

olyelr

What about a charger? All I got with mine was a cord to plug into the computer. How the hell can they get away with selling an electronics device without a charger?

chiromancer

I'll be picking up the black edition tomorrow or Wednesday...

I'm curious, can you plug it into the USB ports in the jeep for charging... And more so, can it be plugged in and record at the same time?

StripyMonkey

I have a GoPro 1, so I can't be sure. But with the GoPro 1 I just plug it in to a usb cigarette adapter. in side my Jeep. The output is 1A from the adapter. (It's actually one that came in a Griffin iPod charging kit.) I'd think the 3 would do the same. The thing to be careful about would be the output amps. On GoPro's site they had listed the dc adapter specs.

burton50x

Not sure about recording while charging but yes the USB can be charged through the navigation system

chiromancer

Well... I had an epic fail first time out. GoPro overheated and was down for the count for the rest of the day. Lessons learned:

1) wifi must be turned off prior to powering down the unit or it will deplete the battery. You leave it on if you want to use the remote or app to be able to turn the device back on.

2) charging via the battery back pack while wifi is on and trying to film at the same time will turn the gopro into an oven.

So... Bummed out about my first time with the device, but subsequent testing once we got home proved the unit was fine and some Internet research and playing with the device confirmed the issue.

So, now I'm just debating returning it and ordering some armor for my jeep as I discovered what happens when you are on an embankment and it is muddy... Thankfully the plastic bumper undented itself and the top of the pit I slid into didn't go high enough to impact the fender flare! I just wish I had it on video!